10-21-2007, 06:26 AM

I've nearly had my Macbook Pro for a year. It's been a great year and I love my Mac.

I'd like to get the AppleCare for it. I thought it would be about £100 or so; I've just been on the UK store and it's £279.99! That is steep and I don't have a lot of momey right now!

I have a few questions:

- Is there anything major the protection doesn't cover?
- How much are the main parts such as keyboard, screen, hard drive, disk drive, etc to replace (in the UK where everything is more expensive)? Is there a price list anywhere?
- Once your first year is up have you then missed your chance to buy the protection?

Thanks in advance.

10-21-2007, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by DrQuincy

I've nearly had my Macbook Pro for a year. It's been a great year and I love my Mac.

I'd like to get the AppleCare for it. I thought it would be about £100 or so; I've just been on the UK store and it's £279.99! That is steep and I don't have a lot of momey right now!

I have a few questions:

- Is there anything major the protection doesn't cover?
- How much are the main parts such as keyboard, screen, hard drive, disk drive, etc to replace (in the UK where everything is more expensive)? Is there a price list anywhere?
- Once your first year is up have you then missed your chance to buy the protection?

Thanks in advance.

Wow, I don't think I paid that much when I purchased mine a year ago!

- If you mean AppleCare Protection ... user error and any Software based issues AFAIK.

- iFixit.com is a good source of info re: tutorials and replacement parts ... Don't buy from Apple, scour other sources like eBay ..

- You have up until midnight on the last day of your complimentary warranty to buy the AppleCare Plan ... Ordinarily you wouldn't wait until after the cease of business on the last day to start considering AppleCare .... but legally you have until midnight.

Hope I've helped.

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I paid £101 for my iMac/eMac AppleCare Protection ... so for a MacBook Pro it just may be more expensive due to the "Pro"-ness of the Mac ... if you catch my drift.


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10-21-2007, 07:15 AM

Yep. I've also found Applecare for MBP a tad bit high. Though that price you mention does seem a bit out of this world. Out here it is Rs.17k (converted to about 220 pounds). iMac is of course not too much (9k = 110pounds) and macbook is 13k (converted to whatever).

But I can tell you one thing. Applecare is worth it.
- It covers everything your current warranty covers
- A DVD-writer costs 13k out here to replace (where Rs. 80 = 1 pound) so yeah, it is pretty expensive to replace. I hear the screen is somewhere US$900 or something.
- You have to buy and activate before the year ends...

10-21-2007, 07:20 AM

Where I live (Belgium), there's an Apple reseller that offers it's own AppleCare. It does exactly the same, except that you can't have it fixed in ANY Apple Store, and it's like €200 cheaper. Maybe they have something like that in England too?

10-21-2007, 07:29 AM

Thanks for all your replies.

Just to confirm this is the one I need isn't it? http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObje...mac&nplm=MA515

Have you found that problems with your hardware have been common over the years?

10-21-2007, 08:15 AM

Yep, that's the one for you ... I checked up the cost of MacBook Pro AppleCare here and it's on par with the U.K.

It makes sense that you can even get AppleCare for an iPod and it would need to be a whole lot cheaper ...

10-21-2007, 09:51 AM

For instance, my DVD writer has gone kaput, that is, a disc is stuck inside. I called up applecare and a brand new dvd writer is on the way...

10-21-2007, 12:38 PM

ebay!
I got my macbook applecare for $112 shipped

10-21-2007, 12:41 PM

How can it be sold on eBay? Isn't it just some documentation rather than a physical product? Don't Apple want to know the serial number of the computer they are issuing a warranty to?

10-21-2007, 08:27 PM

good quuestion!

how do we activate the applecare? Don't we need to submit our serial number?

10-21-2007, 09:22 PM

hi there, i also live in the UK, i am a recent mac converter (today actually, got my first mac notebook, 2.16hgz whitebook) and originally i wasn't going to purchase the applecare but because my dad is a lecturer i got a 75% reduction and got it for only £50, i don't know if you are eligible for some sort of student discount as well? In regards to other options APP is the only option for us living in the UK and i would seriously recommend you to buy it as mac parts are VERY expensive to replace. You CAN buy it on ebay if it has NOT already been activated, i would recommend powersellers only for this type of product.

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jordanß

10-21-2007, 09:26 PM

Your asking for rep?

10-21-2007, 09:40 PM

And now hes grey....

10-21-2007, 09:56 PM

And now hes red....

10-22-2007, 04:14 AM

Poor guy. He won't be able to recover from that much of negative repping...

As for registering the APP, here's what i had to do. I called up Applecare. Gave them the APP code. Then they sent me an email. I had to send them a scan of my iMac bill, as well as the scan of the APP bill. After about two weeks I got a snaily maily all the way from singapore with my APP registration information.