on the flip side of that, can you purchase a boxed version of AppleCare for iMacs, and, say several months later purchase a new iMac, and then register it with AppleCare with your as-yet-unused AC registration number? Michael On Mar 23, 2006, at 9:29 PM, Tom R. no spam wrote: > When you buy AC, except by phone > with Apple, you get a box with the AC registration number, > and use that to do your own registration, which can be by > phoning Apple. (So buy early enough that you have time to > receive it and then register.) >