Chief Delphi - Mac users: Do you buy AppleCare?

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Originally Posted by Kyle Fenton (Post 637228)

I take the risk and I don't purchase Applecare. In my experience, hardware components usually fail within the 1st year, with the exception of the hard drive. In fact in all the years I have had a mac, the only component that has ever failed was the hard drive.
I would seriously consider applecare for a notebook, and for a iPod with a HD in it.

I have heard mix reviews of Applecare. However one thing you must realize is that Applecare is an extended warrantee, and not an insurance policy. They will often deny repairs if they believe that the product has been mishandled.

Funny story: My brother and I were arguing one day and he through my iPod mini across the room and it hit the corner of my coffee table. That practically destroyed the hard drive but left no cosmetic damage. I called Apple right away and told them that it had fallen from my dresser and that the product should be able to withstand a 3 foot fall onto carpet. Needless to say, that didn't fly. I then had my mom, who works in the warranty dept. for John Deere, call and talk to them. She used a bunch of warranty speak and she knew the key words to say to get them to repair it. It worked. Then I got it back and accidentally put a deep scratch in the casing/screen not even a week later while sitting down in a Long John Silver's booth (clipped to my belt) in Ottumwa, IA. LOL. I've had that one for well over a year now with absolutely no problems.