AppleCare is like any other insurance or emergency supplies - if you don't buy it, you will probably need it. If you get it, you will have a $-suck that you never use. :)
Apple stuff is really like a Mercedes or BMW in terms of lasting quality. I have actually never seen a problem as bad as my 17" iMac in all of the stuff I have, and that includes some relatively "ancient" things. I never had AppleCare (or any equivalent) for my Newton MessagePad, MacTV, iMac G3, Apple IIGS, etcetc and never had a problem until this Intel iMac. IMHO, the biggest problems one can have with a system are the moving parts (basically the HD) or the display. A blown display can be an out of pocket cost of ~$150-~250 to get a LCD TV replacement (which will be bigger and/or sharper than the original display). A bad internal drive can be "replaced" with an external drive for ~$50-~$150 (which will be larger than the original drive). http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB585 says AppleCare is $169 for 3 years. YMMV. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis B. Swaney Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 10:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: My 20" 1.25ghz imac Flat screen appears to have apparently died. SteveC wrote: > I have an Intel iMac 17" and the screen went bad. So I connected the > video-out to my TV, placed it behind the TV, put XBMC on it, and now use it > as a media center for showing photos and playing video and serving music to > my Roku Soundbridge. You might want to go that route, fixing the screen is > just waaay to expensive for some reason. > That is why I buy AppleCare. -- Sincerely, Dennis B. Swaney "Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is ... oh, never mind." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
