Can you still even purchase regular Apple Care for a new MacBook Pro? I don't see it as an option on the US site. Perhaps you can still get it by contacting them directly, but I was told you can not. Even if you can request it, it sounds as though the goal is to eventually phase it out.
Those kinds of warranties are always a tough pill to swallow, especially when it amounts to an additional $299 for anything other than display or enclosure. I know if I simply took the money that AppleCare would cost me for every Apple device I have purchased over the years the balance would be in the thousands.
Spilled drinks is a much more common occurrence than the mud puddle for sure. If not by you, then by someone else. I cringe when my wife reaches across my laptop to hand me a cup of coffee. I have a friend who gave his wife a brand new MBP for Christmas and she spilled a glass of wine into the keyboard that evening. Knock on wood I haven't done something like that in decades because I learned my lesson once the hard way a long time ago
Yeah I keep my drinks WELL away from my electronic stuff. Sometimes fate just isn’t worth tempting. I’ve spilled plenty of drinks over the years, it happens.
And apparently you can get AC if you request it. I’m not buying a new Pro soon I don’t think, so probably moot. I’ve never extended the warranty on any Apple product but if I was forced to buy the current MBPro I would extend AC for sure. Hopefully the next generation will have fewer horror stories though.
