[DM-MUG] Apple Support Contract?

[AB]

CW's right. and Applecare is pretty cheap compared to service plans for other laptops. I believe
the highest priced service plan I've seen is $499.99

~AB
--- CW Smith <cwsmith7 at gmail.com> wrote:

> >From a techie sort:
> Laptop parts are, by their nature, smaller and more expensive. Laptop
> designs are smaller, more densely arranged, and take longer to work on than
> comparable desktops. And because laptops get moved around more, the
> likelihood of a hard drive failure, or just of a cable coming loose, becomes
> higher.
> 
> What this adds up to is that repairs after the factory warranty are likely
> to be more frequent, and more expensive, than they would be on a desktop
> machine of similar specs.
> 
> For these reasons, I recommend to our laptop customers at Haddock that they
> purchase AppleCare. (Trust me, it's not for the paper-thin margin we make
> when we sell it!) I hate to see a perfectly good PowerBook or iBook retired
> before its time because the cost of the repair seemed too much. And I also
> hate to see a customer become discouraged when their laptop (almost
> inevitably) needs a major repair after the factory warranty. Please consider
> AppleCare, and feel free to call me at Haddock to set it up.
> 
> Peace,
> CW
> 
> On 7/13/07, Darcy Baston <darcybaston at mac.com> wrote:
> >
> > I agree with that. My 1999 DV SE iMac has yet to break down (beyond
> > monitor color fading), and my 2003 iBook has had 2 keyboard
> > replacements, and has a crack that's being held together with clear
> > tape. My 2005 G5 tower has never acted up in any way. It's old
> > reliable. I just got a MacBook 2.16GHz and I expect trouble within
> > the first year.
> >
> > Nature of portables. *shrug* They see more of the world.
> >
> > Darcy
> >
> >
> > On Jul 13, 2007, at 8:40 PM, Jon Thompson wrote:
> >
> > One in seven laptops break down in the first year (industry average,
> > not just Apple).  The number only increases after that.
> >
> > Desktops don't need extended warranties, notebooks should have them
> > by default.
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