Comments on: To Apple Care or Not To Apple Care; That is the Question: Followup Part 1 http://edit.xtreem.iappblog.com/2007/11/14/to-apple-care-or-not-to-apple-care-that-is-the-question-followup-part-1/ The Blog of EDIT-XTREEM Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:31:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Partners in Grime http://edit.xtreem.iappblog.com/2007/11/14/to-apple-care-or-not-to-apple-care-that-is-the-question-followup-part-1/#comment-214 Partners in Grime Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:22:09 +0000 http://edit.xtreem.iappblog.com/2007/11/14/to-apple-care-or-not-to-apple-care-that-is-the-question-followup-part-1/#comment-214 I signed on for AppleCare with my latest iMac purchase. Peace of mind. I'd recommend AppleCare with a laptop purchase. I signed on for AppleCare with my latest iMac purchase. Peace of mind. I’d recommend AppleCare with a laptop purchase.

]]> By: Dave http://edit.xtreem.iappblog.com/2007/11/14/to-apple-care-or-not-to-apple-care-that-is-the-question-followup-part-1/#comment-141 Dave Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:44:12 +0000 http://edit.xtreem.iappblog.com/2007/11/14/to-apple-care-or-not-to-apple-care-that-is-the-question-followup-part-1/#comment-141 History of Macs... since 1986. We use them in our business. I seldom buy AppleCare because so very few fail. Yes, I have learned to fix most issues myself, but the few times I have had to send a Mac in for repair were offset by my savings on the cost of "insurance." I lost three laptop disks in 2006-2007 from a total of six laptops. But the cost of repair was about the same as three years of AppleCare. There are obvious exceptions: my liquid cooled G5 has a full three year AppleCare contract. (Considering the issues it is a good investment.) Two laptops were destroyed... one smashed the screen, the other was fried when my daughter let her wet hair drip into the keyboard. (AppleCare does NOT cover these types of failures.) History of Macs… since 1986. We use them in our business. I seldom buy AppleCare because so very few fail. Yes, I have learned to fix most issues myself, but the few times I have had to send a Mac in for repair were offset by my savings on the cost of “insurance.” I lost three laptop disks in 2006-2007 from a total of six laptops. But the cost of repair was about the same as three years of AppleCare.

There are obvious exceptions: my liquid cooled G5 has a full three year AppleCare contract. (Considering the issues it is a good investment.)

Two laptops were destroyed… one smashed the screen, the other was fried when my daughter let her wet hair drip into the keyboard. (AppleCare does NOT cover these types of failures.)

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