Just take it in to an Apple Store and see what they say. I've heard stories of them doing the right thing and repairing for free units which were old according to the Apple webpage; also stories of phone AplCare doing it too, tho other stories of phone AplCare not doing it. On Sun, 5 Mar 2006, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: . . . > > You'll have to contact Apple to determine the iBooks sale date based on > > serial number and if it qualifies. Also, you don't have to be the original > > owner. > > Isn't it 3 years from the date that the model was first sold rather than 3 > years from the sale of your particular machine ?