Why I buy this one ?
- Extend repair and telephone support coverage of your MacBook or MacBook Air to three years
- Onsite service for desktop computers (not available in all areas)
- Provides dedicated access to web-based support resources and powerful diagnostic tools
- AirPort Extreme Card, AirPort Express or AirPort Extreme Base Station, and Apple RAM included the coverage
- Can be added at any time during the computer's one-year Apple hardware warranty

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What our customer's say!

"Good for peace of mind", This is great for peace of mind, but so far I never had to actually use it.

"This is a SCAM, DO NOT waste your hard earned $$$ on it.", Apple has been nothing but unfriendly and unresponsive to my request. This insurance will give you no peace of mind, do not buy!

"good price", have not have to use any claims but this seems like a good package to have.

"AppleCare Protection Plan MA519LL/A for MacBook", I'm very annoyed because the product cannot be activated as it was purchased after the initial protection expired.I was not told this at the time of purchase and I have not been offered an alternative Plan. However, you have ofered to refund the purchase price. What a waste of time and effort.

"Hope I never need it!", Not much to write about a service plan that I haven't needed but I wanted to address something I read before I purchased it. There seemed to be some concern about activating the product buying it from Amazon or another re-seller. Once I received my confirmation I realized that this wasn't a problem.

Once I received my confirmation.

The problem I had was minor, however it was quite annoying. I logged in to register the Service Plan and as I reached the last screen I received the message that it could not be processed and that I should try again later. I tried again (several times) and kept being told that the product number was already in the system as having been registered, but then there was also the message that my registration was in progress and I couldn't check the status until the registration was completed. This left me in limbo as I didn't know if someone else had registered with my number or it was my attempted registration that it was recognizing.

I decided to wait and two days later I received my confirmation e-mail. And that's it. It seemed to have bombed out, then to have been a bad number and in the end, it was fine.

Now let's hope I never have to test my coverage!

Hope this helps!

Read this reviews before You buy...

"necessary expense", I love my macbook, therefore I have to shell out over $200 to keep it healthy. Chances are I won't even need to use the extended warranty, but why chance it?

"Get the student discount!", They do not advertise this but if you are a student call Apple and they will give you a student discount. I only had to pay $183. Cheaper than Amazon!

"Good value for an Ext. Warranty", I'm not going to debate on the benefits/negatives of purchasing an extended warranty because I figure people can make up their own minds on whether or not they need it. Personally, I purchase the ext. warranty on anything I don't want to repair or replace that is somewhat costly. For instance, we have an ext. warranty on our 42" Plasma, Xbox 360, and our new Saturn. I had an ext. warranty on an Ford ZX2 I bought several years ago and it paid for itself almost 3x over because of brake and transmission problems I kept having. However, there are some products that are built so well that they almost negate the cost of an extended warranty, so you will have to decide for yourself based on your experience.

For the new Mac owner or first-time computer buyer, I think that AppleCare is a safe bet because it gives you 3 years of covered repairs. All Mac portables comes with a standard 1 year warranty but only 90 days of technical support. Apple will only charge you for support if the problem is not related to hardware. For instance, if you call and tell them your hard drive is dead, they will send you a box and repair your notebook for free. However, if you call because you can't print, they will probably charge you to troubleshoot over the telephone. I don't agree w/ Apple's philosophy of 90 days of standard technical support, but Macs are by nature easy to use and require little to any hand-holding.

For the experienced computer buyer/owner or Mac veteran, the choice can go either way; you may know a place to send it, or can fix it yourself after the warranty has expired. You probably already know how to fix 99% of the computer software issues out there, and require no help in the process. If you are this person, you probably either already own AppleCare or plan to never purchase an ext. warranty.

I fall in the middle. I prefer to cover the expensive stuff because I think it's well worth having covered repairs for 3 years (2 years + 1 year std.) and having customer service if/when you need it. I rarely if ever call AppleCare for anything, but that's not to say it hasn't happened.

I think the biggest selling point is Apple's customer service is located in N. America (US and Canada), so the language/accent barrier of some outsourced technical support departments is non-existent. If you call and say, "My battery isn't charging" or "I can't print", they will tell you in common-sense language instead of assuming you speak tech lingo.

We own AppleCare on two of the three Macs in our house. It's always better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

"Buying through Amazon is fine, easy to register online", I have to disagree with the previous reviewer who said you have to fax in your receipt. I didn't have to do it and it's easy to register online. Here's what happens: You just go to www.apple.com/support/register. Then you put in the date you bought the computer, the serial number (easy to find by going under the Apple menu of your computer to About This Mac, then More Info) and then you input the registration code that comes on a piece of paper in the Protection Plan box. That's it. No faxing required.

The box also contains a disk with a diagnostic program that you can install on your computer. Or just remember where the disk is because if you have a problem, the Apple Support folks might ask you to run it. (The program can do some minor first-aid work, too.)

Apple Support is excellent; of course, it better be because you're paying good money for it. With my last Mac laptop, they solved every problem, even some email connection stuff that they could've pawned off on my internet provider. And when my computer started acting up, they had me send in the computer (paid for by them) and they replaced the motherboard and returned it, all in less than a week.

I think it would be of most use to people who aren't really computer savvy because they'll help you through things like setting up email accounts, connecting printers and connecting wirelessly. That said, the Tiger operating system is such a leap forward that most people won't need tech support -- the computer itself is just amazing at solving connection problems for you.

So here's my bottom line advice, which I wish I'd taken myself: You're covered for the first 90 days for software and hardware help so I'd wait till about then and see how much you need it and only then, if I'm having problems, would I purchase it. It's simply too expensive and there's too big a chance you won't need it for you to consider this an essential purchase.

"This is my second one.", Apple phone experts are the best. We don't have any other source for information and problem solving in our small town but I feel confident that they will be helpful and responsive. That's why I just bought my second laptop.