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Yes, totally get the AppleCare -- I've had to replace a main board in a PowerBook one too many times, and the total cost (without Applecare) would have been mor
by ten7 16y ago
Yes, totally get the AppleCare -- I've had to replace a main board in a PowerBook one too many times, and the total cost (without Applecare) would have been more than just buying a new one.
You should also get yourself an AmEx card and buy the hardware on it -- it extends the manufacturer's warranty (whether you get the AppleCare or not) by 1 year, i.e. with AppleCare you get 4 yrs total, without it you get 2 yrs total. And it doesn't cost anything extra. (Here'a a post I wrote about it a while ago: http://ten7i.com/content/how-buy-mac-pro-right-way-and-save-money http://ten7i.com/content/how-buy-mac-pro-right-way-and-save-...)
- ten7 16y agoOne more thing, don't buy the AppleCare from Apple: there is actually a company in CA that sells the real deal AppleCare for less than Apple does by miles. See here: http://www.lacomputercompany.com/cgi-bin/rpcart/featured.cgi?group=appcare http://www.lacomputercompany.com/cgi-bin/rpcart/featured.cgi... (they are an actual company that I've bought all my AppleCare from and it works) You can also have the person in the Apple Store match the AppleCare price that they have if you're sceptical: I've done that without a problem as well.