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1. #Should you buy applecare for macbook pro honest for free#
2. #Should you buy applecare for macbook pro honest windows#

In general Insurances have a margin of about 50%. It would be cheaper to bring your macbook in if smth should really go wrong and pay the price. If you have a faulty macbook it will break much sooner. And the fail rate of hardware is quite low in macbooks. The really horrible and stupid mistakes like cofe on your macbook wont be covered. Highly recommended.Īn insurance is a bet by Apple, they offer the 249$ extendet insurance because they think that you will cost them much less then 249$ in the second in third year of your macbook. When I had to RMA my ASUS laptop for video card issues, it took nearly 3 weeks to send, repair, and receive. No other company does the same (in-house repairs and superb service).

#Should you buy applecare for macbook pro honest windows#

My windows laptop is still running and its been 4+ years (no scratches on either, pristine condition on both, never dropped and always babied) and my reasoning was that if anything would go wrong, it would be my own fault.Ĭonsider AppleCare peace of mind for whenever something does go wrong. When I decided to buy AppleCare, I never thought I would need it.

#Should you buy applecare for macbook pro honest for free#

I also got a Magsafe charger replacement for free which was also covered by Apple Care (cable fraying). It ended up being $200+ (and I was already past my 1 year warranty by then) and I got my laptop back in 3 days. I took it to the Apple Store the next day and they said everything (replacement, labor, etc) was covered by Apple Care. I couldn't format (hard drive wouldn't unmount or read, I tried everything within my scope as I'm fairly hands on with my own stuff) or do anything with recovery. to and when I took out my laptop, it only booted into recovery. I drove to my friends apartment sometime around 2 A.M. I was really hesitant of picking up Applecare when I got my first (and current) Macbook Pro but it ended up paying for itself and more.