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Originally Posted by AhhChoo  AppleCare for the MacBook Pro is $349, not $579. |
Check the link -- it is $579 AUD. Not sure where they pulled that figure though. After all, $349 USD converted to AUD is ~$450. Ordinarily I would put it down to shipping etc., but AppleCare isn't really a physical product that needs to be shipped
I understand your story with the HDD, and that is impressive service. I guess my argument is that let's pretend you didn't have AppleCare and your HDD failed and needed replacement. Would that cost $350 USD to fix? or even the $250 USD you paid for AppleCare? no, it would cost around $150; no more than $200. So my feeling is, pocket the $580 (or $350, or whatever) and spend it on the repairs, rather than the insurance.
That way if nothing goes wrong, you didn't waste the money.
I"m open to opposing views though -- do you think I am an idiot and should hand over the $579 for AppleCare before my 1year warranty if over?
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Originally Posted by ora I wouldn't buy an apple laptop without appelcare to be honest. On my pb alubook 12" 867 i've had a LOT of it replaced in the first 3 years one way or another (two logic boards, an hd and a combi drive). No dropping it, i just used it 24/7.
In fact I just ordered a new C2D MBP and of course splashed out for the applecare autenroll. |
wow, it certainly does sound like you got your moneys worth (though I wonder if a laptop should have so many serious problems over 3 years!). There was a
MacBreak Weekly episode recently where Alex Lindsay and Scott Borne were very adamantly selling the benefits of AppleCare, but I;m still not fully convinced.