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Apple stores always charge much more than the authorized service dealers. I've seen quotes to fix a screen for $400 when it can be fixed for about 60% of that at an authorized reseller.
I think for the laptops, since they seem to run hotter there is a higher rate of failure, but right now I'm not buying AppleCare. I might when my warranty is about up though. After spending $2300 CAD on the new MacBook Pro I didn't want to spend more.
So far we haven't had any problems with Apple hardware, with a G3, G4, G5, Powerbook G4 and now my MacBook Pro which I just got a day ago so I can't say anything about it yet.
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