Personally, I'm glad that Cook isnt' trying to simply reduce his decision making tactics to that of a "once was" because he thinks that Steve would have wanted it that way. It's impossible for anyone to imagine what he would have wanted at this point, so it's good to see Cook taking some forward thinking initiative.
That said, whether or not his style of decision making will actually work, has yet to be seen. We need to give him a fair shot, and that's hard to do I guess, because people see him and think that he's got some huge shoes to fill. And this is quite the truth, but if he starts thinking about things like that, he'd be setting himself up for a fail.
All that aside... Anyone spending so much money on a retina display MBP almost certainly HAS TO get Apple Care. And as I've said in another thread, once Apple Care has expired, it's likely that the cost of replacing/repairing that logic board will be significantly lower than what it would cost if one didn't have Apple Care after year one.
Doug
