Leo, I'm guessing you're new to the list, because there's been a long history of posts about 3rd party extended warranties that turned out to be nightmares and an equally long history of people who got very fast turnaround with AppleCare. On the whole, I'd say you're probably better off with AppleCare (which is usually available at a discounted rate from several sites.) Brian On 3/14/04 4:42 PM, "Leo Mulvihill" <wildcelt at comcast.net> wrote: > What does that say about Apple's quality control...... Get the 900 G3.. > I just bought one and the vendors extended warranty was much better and > much less than Apple Care > >