[ale] My iBook

[James Sumners]

I am not looking to switch from Windows since I did that a long time
ago but I am thinking about getting a Powerbook. My only concern right
now is if I should purchase the AppleCare extended warranty. It is
over twice the price of Dell's CompleteCare plan and doesn't do even
half of what the Dell plan does. With the Dell plan you can get your
laptop fixed free of charge no matter if you drop it or "accidentally"
hit it with a hammer. All the AppleCare plan does is extend the 90-day
support and 1-year limited warranty an extra two or three years.

Does anyone else on the list have experience with Apple computers?
Should I even consider the AppleCare plan?


On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:10:32 -0500, Matthew Brown
<matthew.brown at cordata.com> wrote:
> I have had my iBook G4 for almost a week.  It is my first Apple ever.
> I bought the bottom of the line G4 (12" screen) for ~$880 -- with the
> AirPort card.  I bought it basically so I could have a solid an
> supported *NIX laptop.  In short, it rocks!  It literally does
> everything I could do before, but now I also have OpenBSD underneath,
> allowing me tons of useful tools, many of which I've already used.
> 
> If you're looking for a switch off Windows and you still need things
> like a good WYSIWYG web editor -- like Dreamweaver -- or Flash or the
> Adobe tools, Apple is THE THING.

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James Sumners
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