Chris, You didn't mention what the two alternatives were. I would be curious to learn more. Thanks, Barry On 9/10/03 10:02 AM, "Chris Beaumont" <chris at ncafe.com> wrote: > There are two that I know of. I think that some credit cards double the > warrantee period for items bought with them, so if you used a gold or > platinum card to buy it originally, you may be in luck. Others sell > their laptops every year as the warantee expires and buy new ones, with > the new warrantee..