Is Applecare worth it?
This is the situation.
I will be a mac user after switching from wintel pcs. I will buy a 12" powerbook and will take it to university. I don't know anything about the software. I don't even know how to create a new folder! I know loads of things about wintel pcs though.
If I buy applecare will I use it. What are you experiences with Applecare.
I will be buying a lpatop, and the applecare doesn't even cover acidental damage, like if I drop it or something else happens like the screen cracks.
It is very expensive compared to the ibook applecare.
Please help.
I will be a mac user after switching from wintel pcs. I will buy a 12" powerbook and will take it to university. I don't know anything about the software. I don't even know how to create a new folder! I know loads of things about wintel pcs though.
If I buy applecare will I use it. What are you experiences with Applecare.
I will be buying a lpatop, and the applecare doesn't even cover acidental damage, like if I drop it or something else happens like the screen cracks.
It is very expensive compared to the ibook applecare.
Please help.
Comments
Just to let you know that I live in england so I will have to get it over here! Thanks anyway
that said, my applecare experiences have been wonderful.
Powerbooks are quite well protected, so are iBooks. If you find no good extended offers at your reseller, you can always get the applecare after, just do it in the first 12 months after the purchase.
Failing getting decent info from the sales team, goto the returns counter and ask what IF? Get them to explain all about the procedure and what is and is not covered. Being a student you can prolly pick a fairly quiet time and the staff should be more than happy to help you out at the prospect of a £1500 ish sale.
Garg.
Untill they get there act together on warrantee prices, you shouldn't reward them. Get your PB from Apple, get the warrantee from someone else!
Originally posted by thuh Freak
(and, off-topic, i saw john mcenroe; apparently he, or his kid, is an Apple-user.
you know he is from my neighborhood... we went to the same elementary school too... while im sure while he went there they didn't have many computers, but they had Apple IIs (1st grade), Mac LC IIs, (3rd-5th), Performa something er others (5th-8th). They have a bunch of iMacs now... It is the reason I use them... His kids go to school in the city tho, their school was actually a rival of my High School...
never met him tho, just read his book...
with that said, based on the amount of problems I have had and the problem I am dealing with now... I will be buying Apple Care... It has already paid for itself... But I will try to get them to comp some software like that lady... what time were you at SoHo? Maybe I should go there...
Originally posted by Paul
But I will try to get them to comp some software like that lady... what time were you at SoHo? Maybe I should go there...
it was sometime between 12-5 on a saturday. i'm inclined to think it was closer to 3-4, but i'm not certain about that (nor am i certain about anything really).
- A top case that had the 'chip/bubble' issue. (I worked in the Dell repairs at my Uni so I knew the Mac repair people.)
- An LCD that had some major 'bend' issues. (I accidentally tripped on the power cable once and the TiBook flipped off the table and onto the floor and closed itself. I was amazed that the LCD didn't break clean off, and just broke the corner of the LCD case due to stress of the flip.)
- Power adapter
- Keyboard