Costco's regular member return policy is 6 months, isn't that enough? I still haven't heard a compelling argument for AppleCare, they wouldn't be selling it unless it was making them money. Seems like most computer problems are from operator error or reveal themselves soon after purchase, with people claiming some great failure to justify their purchase. But I'm all ears to AppleCare apologists.
I purchased a $1500 PC Notebookquite a few years ago. I did not purchased the $300 extended warranty. My motherboard when bad 11 months after owning it. If it went bad 2 month later I would have had a much biggest expensive than $300 dollar.