I religiously bought this plan for every Apple computer I got, thinking it would be a great protection. Meanwhile I had two incidents (both harddrive related on two Powerbooks) that taught me that Apples extended warranty is not any better than the one you buy for your fridge or iron. Everytime Apple found a loophole not to repair it under warranty. Latest harddrive issue was declined to repair with the comment that the powerbook was dropped and that this caused the harddrive to go bad. Fact is that the powerbook was dropped BUT 6 months before the issue with the harddrive started. So in my eyes hardly related to it.
Apple quoted me 995$ (no i am not kidding) to repair the harddrive. I declined. Now I have to go to a third party repair provider (macresq who are actually great). They will repair it in 48 hours for 240$. And of course the Apple warranty is voided on the harddisk by that. I will never again buy in such a rip off. I would recommend: Save your money and pay the repair if you need it. It is cheaper that way.
Apple quoted me 995$ (no i am not kidding) to repair the harddrive. I declined. Now I have to go to a third party repair provider (macresq who are actually great). They will repair it in 48 hours for 240$. And of course the Apple warranty is voided on the harddisk by that. I will never again buy in such a rip off. I would recommend: Save your money and pay the repair if you need it. It is cheaper that way.