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absolutely. And it has paid off royally. I've gotten my power plug thingy replaced twice and my hard drive replaced once and they also replaced the cracked ke

absolutely. And it has paid off royally. I've gotten my power plug thingy replaced twice and my hard drive replaced once and they also replaced the cracked keyboard surround thingy. Not a bad return for $250. Personally, the peace of mind that things will be handled when something goes wrong is worth the extra $50 for two additional years. Thats just $2.50 a week, even if nothing were fixed. When they fixed my hard drive, they installed the OS and I restored my data from time machine and I was back in business. Figure out what your time is worth after taxes and then figure out how much time you would spend just trying to assess what the best course is to handle a problem. That cost is gone when you can just hand it to Apple and they return it to you whole.

stretchwithme 17y ago
mine has a problem with a plug that costs $80 to replace. and it happened twice and may even happen once more before apple care expires in 2 months
- chaosmachine 17y ago
  The mag-safe connector? Mine is going bad. Intermittent LED, and the cord is starting to fray at the connector. I had to tape it up. Seems like a bad design. I notice they use a completely different mag-safe connector on the 24" cinema display and on the macbook air. bad: http://imgur.com/TmRbu.jpg http://imgur.com/TmRbu.jpg good: http://imgur.com/9ciyo.jpg http://imgur.com/9ciyo.jpg
  - stretchwithme 17y ago
    yep. $80 each. a known problem, they said. yeah, that new design looks a lot more robust
    - masterj 17y ago
      There's a newer design that they're using on the new laptops, similar to (but sleeker than) the air adapter pictured above. http://www.notebookcheck.net/typo3temp/pics/d4598c4081.jpg http://www.notebookcheck.net/typo3temp/pics/d4598c4081.jpg
      - stretchwithme 17y ago
        awesome, thanks.