Something else you could consider is to wait until the end of the first free year before making the purchase for the extended warantee...just be warned, the anniversary date is from when you order the item, not from the date you receive it...I tried to do this when I thought I would need the extended warantee & called a couple of weeks before the date I received my unit, but two days after I'd ordered it a year before, and Apple would not allow me to make the purchase. Luckily, the problem was worked out with friends at MacTown, so I didn't need the extended warantee & haven't had issues since...
Ciao for now! Cathy GREEN ;-) Atherton HS French 3000 Dundee Rd Louisville, KY 40205 502.485.8202ext204 fax 502.485.8985 cgreen1 at jefferson.k12.ky.us > ---------- > From: owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu on behalf of b3 > Reply To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Sent: Monday, January 9, 2006 4:33 PM > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Subject: Re: MacGroup: AppleCare worth it? [bcc][faked-from] > > okay, so i just checked prices on apple.com > > AppleCare for an iBook - $249 > AppleCare for an iBook with my University discount - $183 > > seems a bit more reasonable (even if 60 some odd bucks over two years > doesn't mean much) > > something that i'll have to think about. > > anyone know if i buy a refurb machine, if i can get the student > discount price on the AppleCare? > > > On Jan 9, 2006, at 4:22 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote: > > > When I was a monitor on the Apple iBook forum there was tons of > > help there, I'm sure it is still pretty good. If there is a new > > iBook announced tomorrow what might be new is the Intel processor, > > 13.3" LCD, maybe the keyboard and split trackpad bar, so it may not > > be a totally new product. Applecare after the one year warranty is > > a good plan...jf > > > > On Jan 9, 2006, at 3:44 PM, b3 wrote: > > > >> the keynote is tomorrow (tues.). > >> Right now, i plan to spend most of the night bugging my better > >> half and trying to decide if i want to risk a new model (if they > >> are introduced). > >> > >> i'm kind of leaning against the AppleCare right now, because i > >> guess i figure that most hardware problems would manifest > >> themselves in the first year of free warranty. > >> and the Apple phone support has been pretty much useless for me > >> concerning software issues. (at least compared to forums like this > >> and using google) > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060109/77f7cc1c/attachment.html
