If you can handle a $600 repair bill for keyboard failure 13 months after buying go without AppleCare.
Given the high likelihood of a keyboard failure, I'd say you're better off with AppleCare then without it.
If you can handle a $600 repair bill for keyboard failure 13 months after buying go without AppleCare.
Given the high likelihood of a keyboard failure, I'd say you're better off with AppleCare then without it.
From here, we see that the keyboard failure rates on the newer MBP are double of the previous models (from 5% to 11% of warranty cases). We don't know of course how many failure rates in proportion to laptops sold there are, but if we assume a conservative 10% failure rate for two years and that otherwise the reliability has not suffered, then the increase of keyboard failures would put the overall failure rate at around 11%. If instead we assume a more optimistic overall failure rate at around 6%, then the failing keyboard would put it up to 6.5%.
[...] The overall failure rates are within what is normal for the market. And even if we assume that the keyboard failure rate has went up 5 times, we are still at 7.2% -12% of total failures — which is still within the regular failure rates for laptops.
It is, but its cheaper then getting the keyboard fixed in year 2 of ownership without ACthe cost for AppleCare is rather high.
Its substantial enough for Apple to write a KB article that has the owner holding their laptop in weird angles to try to clean it out, and substantial enough for two class action suits. I believe its a lot larger then many mac fans try to make it out to be. In fact I remember the same sort of arguments on the 2011 MBP where the GPUs were failing. Many times people were marginlzing the failures but we found out in the course of time that it was a bad problem. I beleive where there is smoke there is fire and plenty of people are incurring this to warrant caution.From the little we know about keyboard failure rates, its unlikely to substantially
Its substantial enough for Apple to write a KB article that has the owner holding their laptop in weird angles to try to clean it out and substantial enough for two class action suits
I believe its a lot larger then many mac fans try to make it out to be.
what is the calculation if you don't keep the MacBook for a long time/full 3 years?It is, but its cheaper then getting the keyboard fixed in year 2 of ownership without AC
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Its substantial enough for Apple to write a KB article that has the owner holding their laptop in weird angles to try to clean it out, and substantial enough for two class action suits. I believe its a lot larger then many mac fans try to make it out to be. In fact I remember the same sort of arguments on the 2011 MBP where the GPUs were failing. Many times people were marginlzing the failures but we found out in the course of time that it was a bad problem. I beleive where there is smoke there is fire and plenty of people are incurring this to warrant caution.
Here's images from that article and tbh, its very unapple like
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what is the calculation if you don't keep the MacBook for a long time/full 3 years?
I would hate to invest the money if apple re-designs the machine this year. I don't like dated hardware.Then you sell it and get a better price since it still comes with warranty![]()
what is the calculation if you don't keep the MacBook for a long time/full 3 years?
Can you buy appleCare on last day of normal warrant? e.g. 1year minus 1day after purchase day? Would that give you an extra year of coverage? or appleCare is applied to the day of purchase?
Can you buy appleCare after damage has been done?![]()
I would hate to invest the money if apple re-designs the machine this year. I don't like dated hardware.
Regular apple care you have a year to buy. Apple care plus is 30 days
Do not buy AC+ see how your MBP pans out over the year and make a more informed choice to buy AC before the year warranty runs outI would hate to invest the money if apple re-designs the machine this year. I don't like dated hardware.
Do not buy AC+ see how your MBP pans out over the year and make a more informed choice to buy AC before the year warranty runs out
This way you have spread the cost and may feel different about the risk and can decide to upgrade later if things change. Its quite possible the re-sale value could drop if this gets an official lemon sticker and if Apple do offer extended repairs before you buy AC then its a win win
Sure says a lot about Apple premium build when most advocate getting AC![]()
There's two extended warranties and its confusing.can AppleCare plus be purchased after 60 days? I thought apple care plus replaced AppleCare, can AppleCare still be purchased before the end of 1 year?
There's two extended warranties and its confusing.
The older Applecare which only covers manufactorer defects and the newer applecare plus which includes accidental damage
https://www.apple.com/support/products/
The older one can be purcahsed up to one year from date of purchase, the newer one (accidental damage) 60 days