Why You Should Buy AppleCare

Here are my thought and opinions in regards to purchasing and using AppleCare with Apple branded laptops. Also you'll get to see the repair estimates for the two times I had to send in my MacBook to the Genius Bar at the Apple Store for repair (both repairs were covered by the standard 1 year limited warranty).

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[paintballgundown8]

lol, apple charges for phone support and then charges you for manufacturing defects.

Milking its customers for every penny

[alanstarkie2001]

Don't bother if you're a smoker though. The slightest whiff of smoking and they refuse point blank to repair it. They say it is a bio-hazard. Don't get me wrong - I like Macs but my only Applecare experience has been far from satisfactory.

[runforit420]

It cost over £150 including labour to fix - and thankfully Apple repaired it as a goodwill gesture as many of those MacBooks experienced the same problems.

The lesson? Purchase AppleCare for any Macintosh.

[runforit420]

When I bought my MacBook at the end of September 2007, the guys I bought my computer from recommended AppleCare but did not indicate that it was absolutely necessary. I thoroughly recommend it.

In January 2009, the hard drive failed in my MacBook. The plastics also suffered from fatigue. The first genius told me that Apple would not cover the repair and I would have to replace the hard drive. The second genius told me Apple would cover the repair - Apple replaced the hard drive and upper case.

[zabakkabou]

@dell1032 LOL XD

[mart182003]

if i had this much problems with mac, i would have definitely given up on them.

[ruvolk24]

I never have any problems with a HP laptop.

[mksoct1st09]

recently bought a brand new 13" MBP, and the Specialist dude was being such a dickless snob!!! he was very heavily criticizing me as to why I was opting to purchase the AppleCare at a later date!!! its like they think they are way better than you, and possessing a higher knowledge than you...

[jayry55]

i hope they don't fire the people who are lenient

[RazorJT]

I have had my macbook for 2 years, during that time the dvd drive broke and I paid $125 to have it fixed.

[ILIVONMYIphone]

Seems like you have some laptop issues. Should have gotten a unibody MacBook Pro. I love mine. I know what you mean with the laptop breaking and stuff but that is usually PC's more often than Mac's. I had a toshoba laptop that was in for service with the video card going up within 5 months. They said it wasn't in correctly. Like screwed in right and after that I went down hill.

[MrDarcyzPP]

@dell1032 Right, and no Mac owner would be caught dead doing something that's outdated.