Comments on: Using a rubber mallet to fix your MacBook? http://www.moneyloveandchange.com/using-a-rubber-mallet-to-fix-your-macbook A Journey to Financial Independence and Finding Meaning in Life Fri, 15 Oct 2010 03:11:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joy http://www.moneyloveandchange.com/using-a-rubber-mallet-to-fix-your-macbook/comment-page-1#comment-133 Joy Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:08:11 +0000 http://www.moneyloveandchange.com/using-a-rubber-mallet-to-fix-your-macbook#comment-133 I was actually on the fence last August about buying the extended warranty for my Mac Book Pro. However, I've had a Powerbook before than nearly died on my after a few days after the warranty expired. The diagnostics at the Apple repair shop in Vancouver cost me around $80. Then the guy found nothing and just said that the best way to fix it is to thoroughly remove everything (meaning transfer my files to an external drive and bring it back). I didn't have an external drive and around that time, I needed to fork out $200 to buy that HD to contain my files. It was horrible. I had to buy the Mac Book Pro the next week and spent $2500 because I use the laptop for work. I guess it depends on your use for the Mac Book. If it's for work, definitely get Apple Care, it's a tax deduction for your business anyway. If it's for home use, it all depends. In the long run, for me, it's given me peace of mind at least. <em>Joy's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Gourmeted/~3/270503589/' rel="nofollow">Hungry Man’s Dinner: Spicy Sesame Chicken with Linguine</a></em> I was actually on the fence last August about buying the extended warranty for my Mac Book Pro. However, I’ve had a Powerbook before than nearly died on my after a few days after the warranty expired. The diagnostics at the Apple repair shop in Vancouver cost me around $80. Then the guy found nothing and just said that the best way to fix it is to thoroughly remove everything (meaning transfer my files to an external drive and bring it back). I didn’t have an external drive and around that time, I needed to fork out $200 to buy that HD to contain my files. It was horrible. I had to buy the Mac Book Pro the next week and spent $2500 because I use the laptop for work.

I guess it depends on your use for the Mac Book. If it’s for work, definitely get Apple Care, it’s a tax deduction for your business anyway. If it’s for home use, it all depends. In the long run, for me, it’s given me peace of mind at least.

Joy’s last blog post..Hungry Man’s Dinner: Spicy Sesame Chicken with Linguine

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