As a rule of thumb, you are better off buying your Mac with a credit card that extends warranty by a year such as American Express. I've had a smooth experience

As a rule of thumb, you are better off buying your Mac with a credit card that extends warranty by a year such as American Express. I've had a smooth experience dealing an expired warranty repair with my macbook - all I had to do was get an estimate from Apple, then fax it to my cc company. I received the money in no time. This should be good enough for 2 years (1 Apple + 1 cc company). That's all you need anyways. As about other stuff like tv, get third party warranty.