Comments on: AppleCare Protection Plan

By: eddie

eddie — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:00:12 +0000

@ Brad

Yeah, absolutely.
It’s one of those thing with me… I buy AppleCare, my Mac will never break. I don’t buy AppleCare, my Mac will break. Sigh.

But still, with Apple focusing more on design these days (compared with over a decade ago), there are higher chances of things going wrong (ie. enclosures causing problems to screens, hinges breaking, enclosures so thin that the internals can’t dispense heat properly, etc., etc., etc.).

By: Brad

Brad — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:45:42 +0000

I’ve owned 11 Macs in the past 20 years or so. This includes two MacBook Pros and two Mac minis in the past 4 years. I have never had any problem with any of them that I couldn’t fix myself. I bought AppleCare for exactly one Mac and never used it, so I will never buy it again.

I don’t doubt that some people have problems with their hardware, but there are just as many people (like me) who never have a problem. So, as with any electronics purchase, your mileage may vary.

By: eddie

eddie — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:13:09 +0000

@ John
Yes, I have a few friends with Macs that are running into the 2nd year with no problems.

Also have friends with MacBooks that died within the year. Worse news for you: another friend had his aluminium iMac’s HD break on him twice (I think within 1.5 years).

Apple Care is the way to go if you intend to keep a Mac for over a year (just to be safe).

Good luck, man. But hey, you have a MacBook Pro to fall back on (you rich kid!).

By: John

John — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:06:24 +0000

My iMac passed the 1 year mark around 5 months ago, after reading your post I’m getting a bit more worried about this machine. So I’m just wondering if any of your friends have one of the newer macs that lasted for more than 3 years?