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Re: To applecare or not to applecare, that is the survey. - clay - 04-08-2009
for nearly every repair done out of warranty, you will spend more $$ than it would cost to buy applecare, especially at the prices you can find on ebay.
I had a power supply go out on my wife's imac. Pretty simple part and repair, but it would have cost well over what I paid for applecare.
It's a cheap insurance policy. I get it for every new mac that passes through my hands. Also helps with resale value (if you're the type to get rid of machines in a 3 year window).
Re: To applecare or not to applecare, that is the survey. - Black - 04-09-2009
wurm wrote:
I never bought it for my towers but I got it for my iMac solely because the display is part of the computer.
Ooh, excellent point . . . I think . . .
is the display more likely to go kaput than the rest of it?
Think they'd replace it with another S-IPS panel if it did?
Re: To applecare or not to applecare, that is the survey. - josntme - 04-09-2009
My grand daughter's iMac is sitting on my desk with the monitor showing only colored lines and when I checked, the applecare has expired. :cursin:
I'm going to see if I can start it in target mode and save her files for another computer.
BTW, this is the first Mac computer to go bad in all my years of owning macs.
Re: To applecare or not to applecare, that is the survey. - Black - 04-09-2009
josntme wrote:
My grand daughter's iMac is sitting on my desk with the monitor showing only colored lines and when I checked, the applecare has expired. :cursin:
I'm going to see if I can start it in target mode and save her files for another computer.
BTW, this is the first Mac computer to go bad in all my years of owning macs.
Which model? Lampshade? Bondi-blue? G5?
Re: To applecare or not to applecare, that is the survey. - Doc - 04-09-2009
The pre-intel rule of thumb was to buy AppleCare for all Apple laptops and consumer desktops.
Given the failure rate of modern Macs, the new rule is ALWAYS budget for AppleCare.
Re: To applecare or not to applecare, that is the survey. - thermarest - 04-09-2009
Instead of Apple Care, I use a credit card that doubles the 1-year warranty to 2 years. I sell my laptop every two years and get a new one. Overall cost of ownership is the same, I think, than keeping it longer, buying AC and then getting a lower price upon eventual sale.
Re: To applecare or not to applecare, that is the survey. - vicrock - 04-09-2009
Both of my flat panel iMacs have had repairs done under Applecare - little known fact is that if you don't live close to an Apple store, they must send you an on site repairman - and we qualify, as we are 2 hours drive from the nearest store.
Money well spent.
Re: To applecare or not to applecare, that is the survey. - Carthaigh - 04-09-2009
Only buy Applecare for laptops. That is my policy and has served me well for many, many years.
Re: To applecare or not to applecare, that is the survey. - hal - 04-09-2009
I never EVER buy applecare - I always make sure my machines are less than a year old or were purchased with applecare applied.
Re: To applecare or not to applecare, that is the survey. - lazydays - 04-09-2009
I recently had to have the motherboard replaced in my 20" imac, a $1,000 repair, free because I ponied up for applecare. I also had the motherboard replace in my macbookpro (one of the very first ones) at no cost.