Should I invest in applecare?

Absolutely. It’s cheap and you should plan on something failing as a rule.

Yup, get it. Especially for portable hardware, which suffers from both being knocked around a lot and being the most expensive kind to repair.

Definitely. Hopefully you won’t ever have to use it, but I would rather be safe than sorry.

OK then…I’ll get it. Thanks for helping me make up my mind!

Yes-do get the extended plan.

Or if you’re still having trouble deciding talk to a Genius at the Apple store, and ask them how much a repair for something like a bum display costs outside of warranty, and make sure you’re sitting on the genius bar stool before you do!!!

Love macs, but my first one, an iBook, simply blacked out while I was using it. Fried motherboard—800$ to fix. Dealer said all computers, including apple, have lower quality parts than a few years ago due to competitive pressure to sell ever cheaper. My iBook was just 2 months past year warranty. I now have 3 year warranty for both my new iMac and an hp notebook. Five years ago people paid over 2000 bucks for a decent laptop. What’s another 2 to 300$ over 3 years on today’s cheaper versions?

For anything that has a built-in screen: Yes