You buy insurance for things that are too expensive to replace. For a MacMini or lowend iMac, I probably wouldn't get it, but on $2000+ computer? Definitely. I've had Apple provide three logic board replacements on different personal MBPs over the years, a display, and at least two batteries. AppleCare has personally saved me thousands. The end result was OK, but it was pulling teeth from a live crocodile to get to that point. I will also say they were neither responsive, attentive, nor expedient in their repairs and subsequent replacement. I will say that Apple Care fixed the problem.
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(We get it free as part of the package) During that time we did not have loaner and lab members were forced to use their own computers (laptops) to do the work normally performed on a large screen. OK, Apple Care took 3 weeks to replace a lab computer, (The end result was they gave us a refurb). Ask anyone who was saved by Apple Care, they will vouch for it. Apple has one of the best warranty programs in the world. You buy insurance so you don't have to worry. Are Apple products so unreliable that the rule does not apply for them?
The rule of thumb is - never pay extended warranties. If you're buying a $2000 computer, spend the extra $300 for Apple care Apple will give you a brand new computer if there is an unfixable problem. I mean, I wouldn't buy a Macbook with an expensive and (for me) useless Touch Bar, but the tighter integration with mobile devices is nothing I would lose any sleep over anymore. My iPhone 4 from 2011 still runs on its first battery (I gave it away but the new owner is still happily using it) and the battery of my late 2008 Macbook failed earlier this year, at 82% of its original capacity after more than 7 years.
I think your personal experiences are what makes this bearable or not. But I see this as a conspicuous display by Apple of contempt for the consumer, and thus I have little sympathy for them as an underdog the way I do for AMD.
Ifixit macbook hard drive replacement software#
it's a piece of information that helps influence at least my purchasing decisions.īut then, the software available for the Windows platform, compared to that for the Macintosh, hardly makes that a decision at all. This is useful information since laptop batteries sometimes fail and need to be replaced (and so do smartphone batteries, for that matter), and since buying extra memory for a laptop later on after one has blown one month's budget buying the thing makes sense for some people as a nice upgrade.