apple care necessary?

[appleguy123]

AppleCare is pretty damn good if ya ask me. Hell, my Mighty Mouse and keyboard have each been swapped twice in the 3 years my iMac has existed. That **** paid for itself. (169 for the AppleCare - 200 value in apple stuff. Not to mention if I ever need a new shiny display or something.)

Besides accessories with the computer though, Desktop applecare gives you onsite repair too. (IE: someone coming to your house) though that only rings true for iMac and Mac Pros. And they have to live within a certain mileage.

I'll ring the "please get it for a laptop" bell one more time. Anything you're mobile with is almost a must. I had a Sony Vaio hard drive crap out on me after a week of carrying it around. (It was fixed, btw. I'm a huge fan of that computer.) But the point is computers are fragile - most especially the ones you can carry under your arm.

Two tricks I've learned with AppleCare -

eBay has it really cheap. I know this has been brought up before, but my experience was pretty awesome. Aluminum macbook is still under warranty according to Apple's support site.

Or, if you feel more comfortable with the legit route - walk into an apple store with a student/teacher, or an old student ID. Guaranteed at least 50 bucks off the AppleCare with the discount.

tl;dr? short answer: get it. you'll thank yourself should something unforeseen happen to your Mac. It is a machine after all... not a god.

Please, don't buy AppleCare from eBay. It's too risky to be viable. Lots of scams out there.

 

[Rajani Isa]

Unfortunately, with Apple, you have to pay good money for something other vendors include as standard.

While you can purchase an EXTENDED AppleCare warranty, it does come standard with the 1 year warranty - which is also called AppleCare, IIRC.

From browsing at some of the pre-built stuff online, most places only offer (at best) a 1 year warranty. Most of the other places I've seen with a longer one (on a entire computer), like Apple, charge for the extra year(s).

heys thanks again for your reply. you guys practically convince me to get an apple care now haha. but i cant afford one now.so imight get it by the end of the year.
So lets say two years from now my main board broke so does that mean apple will not fix it for me?since i didnt have apple care. if it does it will be really expensive right? or they would say something like "your mac is out of date so we dont have the equipment to fix it, get a new mac"

If it was a manufacturer's issue (so, nothing you did caused it, basically) and you have the AppleCare, IIRC, Apple would either swap the board for a new one or replace the computer.

 

[itryanditry]

Please, don't buy AppleCare from eBay. It's too risky to be viable. Lots of scams out there.

I know, I know...
I just thought I'd try it this once and see how it turns out.
Curiosity killed the cat as they say.

 

[appleguy123]

I know, I know...
I just thought I'd try it this once and see how it turns out.
Curiosity killed the cat as they say.

How long have you had this warranty? Less than 3 months since your old warranty expired?

 

[itryanditry]

How long have you had this warranty? Less than 3 months since your old warranty expired?

I think they launched in like... October? I got mine like the month after, in November. So it's been covered under the "shady eBay" AppleCare for like... seven months now?

Jeebus the year flies. -_-