MBP to be updated in June

[misteron]

You want me to pay 430 Euro additionally (24%) for a 1800 Euro MBP just to get 2 more years of warranty? Get lost! Rolling Eyes Sorry, no offence, but that's ridiculous pricing. Other vendors also offer extended warranties, but at considerably lower prices. And in Europe every private customer get's 2 years warranty from his dealer

So if i'm reading this right, you suggest buying from a regular computer shop for example rather than from apple directly?
Intersting.. Are there any percs to buying irectly from Apple ie applestore.com or whatever?

[nonnus]

My main advice is whichever machine you get, make sure you buy the Apple Protection Plan - once it's outta warranty it will cost a bomb to repair!!

You want me to pay 430 Euro additionally (24%) for a 1800 Euro MBP just to get 2 more years of warranty? Get lost! Sorry, no offence, but that's ridiculous pricing. Other vendors also offer extended warranties, but at considerably lower prices. And in Europe every private customer get's 2 years warranty from his dealer (eventhough the poor dealer then has to see how to get that thing repaired if it happens between year 1 and 2 because Apple is a greedy pile of ...).

timur,

the guy is an apple tech, he knows what hes talking about...

have u ever saw a non waranty apple repair receipt ?
it is frightening...

just for laughs and out of memory i can remember that a screen replacement for a 20 " g5 imac or a logic board for a powermac g5 is like 800 €,
from what i´ve seen from the mb, mbp internals, pretty much any problem it may have will require a new logic board, even a faulty fw port...

so,
you are quite ok if u plan to sell any apple mahine u own bfr it turns out one yr old
i try to do it regularly,
as it seemed the perfect timing as our warranty used to be 2 yrs so i could sell a machine that still had one yr left of warranty,

now they changed it to 1 yr (#$%&!!#) and i must say i am really waiting for them to have apple care available here....

btw: does anyone know if u need to aqquire the apple care for a machine when you buy it ?
is it possible to buy a machine with the standard warranty and then one year later get the aplecare for it ?

[Timur]

You want me to pay 430 Euro additionally (24%) for a 1800 Euro MBP just to get 2 more years of warranty? Get lost! Rolling Eyes Sorry, no offence, but that's ridiculous pricing. Other vendors also offer extended warranties, but at considerably lower prices. And in Europe every private customer get's 2 years warranty from his dealer

So if i'm reading this right, you suggest buying from a regular computer shop for example rather than from apple directly?
Intersting.. Are there any percs to buying irectly from Apple ie applestore.com or whatever?

I don't think there are any percs in buying not from Apple directly, it's the same product, but that was not what I meant. I meant that manufacturers of other computers offer these warranties at far lower prices.

[misteron]

does anyone know if u need to aqquire the apple care for a machine when you buy it ?

IIRC from what I read on the store.apple.com u can opt in at any time in the first year.
Worth checking tho if u need to be sure.

[b0unce]

you can buy apple care for your machine within a year after purchase, as far as I know