To me, Apple Care is well worth it. I had a aftermarket 4 year extended
warranty on my original bondi-blue Imac (I miss you bondi-blue) - and between
years 3 and 4 it gave a couple of glitches in the screen, and died. The logic
board had to be replaced. The extended warranty firm picked the computer up,
fixed it, and mailed it back. I didn't even lose any of my info.
On my G5 Imac with the Motorola chip (last of the ones before switched to
Intel chip) my computer suddenly died. I paid the $50 or whatever warranty
deductible, and my G5 was replaced with an Intel G5. I "lost" some of the extra
RAM I had in my original G5, but got a newer machine that is comparable.
Also, I do call AppleCare occasionally with questions, as I need to do
now. I accidentally installed Leopard on my machine, and need to uninstall it,
and replace it with the correct update to Safari.
My biggest gripe is that I don't trade in my machines every 3 years - I
want the ability to keep Apple Care in effect for many more years to come - I
feel for a nominal fee that Apple should extend Apple Care out to 8 or 10 years
- when I buy a computer, what I want is the relationship. I want to be able to
get my computer fixed fast, at very little cost to me at the time.
Dennis, San Diego
On Wednesday, September 02, 2009, at 10:00AM, "SteveC" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>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."
>
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