How reliable are MB/MBP?

[supercooled]

I'm an owner of a MBP since November 06 which makes it 2 months away from my warranty ending. I'm contemplating on whether or not to purchase AppleCare but I"m wondering if the new hardware suffer from the same dreaded logic board failures and such of yesteryears. This is my first Mac so take it for what it's worth.

Does anyone have their first gen MBP which are still going strong to date?

Thanks

 

[TheSpecialist]

I would buy Applecare because you'll never know what's going to happen and if it breaks down without having Applecare you are going to have pay ALOT more money then the Applecare.

 

[matt l]

i wouldnt bother on a macbook, i'd take the risk, its not worth 300 odd quid, you might as well jsut replace it. however if you spent a small wod on a high spec mbp though i'd get it.

 

[ivi7]

I'm an owner of a MBP since November 06 which makes it 2 months away from my warranty ending. I'm contemplating on whether or not to purchase AppleCare but I"m wondering if the new hardware suffer from the same dreaded logic board failures and such of yesteryears. This is my first Mac so take it for what it's worth.

Does anyone have their first gen MBP which are still going strong to date?

Thanks

This is what I feel when the laptop is under warranty nothing seems to happen to it and all is well as soon as that expires something is bound to happen. Thats why I am going to be getting my warranty exteded as well.
I would suggest you do the same.

 

[compuguy1088]

This is what I feel when the laptop is under warranty nothing seems to happen to it and all is well as soon as that expires something is bound to happen. Thats why I am going to be getting my warranty exteded as well.
I would suggest you do the same.

Agreed, though I'm not buying it until the near the end of the year of the included coverage, unless there is a good reason to get it right now....

The same thing with problems that happen after a warranty can be extended to everything, even Stoves/Ranges, especially if they have the ceramic top...

 

[bmcgrath]

Buy Applecare. Doesn't matter if it's an Apple, Dell, HP, Sony etc. You should always buy a warranty with a laptop.
You just never know

 

[ivi7]

Buy Applecare. Doesn't matter if it's an Apple, Dell, HP, Sony etc. You should always buy a warranty with a laptop.
You just never know

I'll have to agree with that. I had bought extended warranty for my Vaio as well.

 

[Sesshi]

I'm an owner of a MBP since November 06 which makes it 2 months away from my warranty ending. I'm contemplating on whether or not to purchase AppleCare but I"m wondering if the new hardware suffer from the same dreaded logic board failures and such of yesteryears. This is my first Mac so take it for what it's worth.

Does anyone have their first gen MBP which are still going strong to date?

Thanks

The current Apple laptops are more needy of an aftercare warranty than any other machine I've ever worked on. I would stop at calling the engineering of the current Mac laptops crud, but it is definitely inferior to many on the market. I've purchased several and kept tabs on all the ones I've upgraded from - so probably have a better ''catchment area'' than some.

Some of the issues are minor, certainly - but to get them fixed beyond the warranty, it will cost. You don't even need a disastrous event like a logic board failure - have a few of those minor issues plus a battery failure and Applecare has already paid for itself.

Definitely get it.

 

[zepharus]

My has little "annoyances" nothing major. Been very reliable

 

[Metzgermeister]

Let's be honest it's a lot of money, but in time I will also get AppleCare for my MBP. Before I had an Acer, and of course 3 months after my warranty experid the dvd drive died. Would have cost me loads of money to get it fixed.
I learned my lesson... I'm getting my AppleCare.

 

[compuguy1088]

Buy Applecare. Doesn't matter if it's an Apple, Dell, HP, Sony etc. You should always buy a warranty with a laptop.
You just never know

Yes but it comes with the first year, except for the limited phone coverage. What advantage is there of buying the next two years, when your still under the year of included coverage??

 

[bmcgrath]

Yes but it comes with the first year, except for the limited phone coverage. What advantage is there of buying the next two years, when your still under the year of included coverage??

So if it breaks in the 2 years after yer warranty then yer covered arent ya?

 

[compuguy1088]

So if it breaks in the 2 years after yer warranty then yer covered arent ya?

Near the end of this built in year, I would BUY the Applecare to extend it. I'm not stupid, I want my MacBook Pro to be still covered. I was just saying if there was really a need in the first year to buy the extension (immediately after buying it!).

 

[bmcgrath]

Near the end of this built in year, I would BUY the Applecare to extend it. I'm not stupid, I want my MacBook Pro to be still covered. I was just saying if there was really a need in the first year to buy the extension (immediately after buying it!).

Apologies

 

[compuguy1088]

Apologies

Thats ok, I might of not made it clear in the previous post of that specific intention...

 

[bmcgrath]

But I know what you mean.
However, personally I'd just like to buy it all together, saves me the hassle of going back to order it, then register it etc.
And some people buy it later in the year when they buy Mac's as they may not have the funds.
It's all down to the user at the end of the day

 

[Quiara]

I've had AppleCare on ever Mac I've ever owned. (Clamshell iBook, G3 800MHz iBook, G3 500MHz iBook, G4 450MHz PowerMac, Indigo G3 500MHz iMac, 2 iPods and my current maching, MacBook C2D 2.16GHz.)

It has never failed to pay for itself. It's not that Macs are unusually prone to incidents or anything; it's that technology is, by its very nature, a fallible beast and it's just a cost effective way of staying ahead of the curve.

Just my $0.02.

Q.