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besler3035 said:
If you know in your heart that you will eventually want AppleCare then there are a few reasons to get it right away. First, check the posts of people who missed the deadline by are few days and want to know if they can still get it. No, they can't. Secondly, its cheaper if you buy it with the machine (at least it is if you buy the machine from Apple). You can get a better deal from places like http://www.lacomputercompany.com/applecare.html
Finally, for people who have never used Macs, the phone support is worth the cost for the peace of mind it will provide the owners and the time it will save you in terms of not having to answer all those new owner questions. The folks who answer the phone will often have to put you on hold for a real technical problem, but they are very patient and polite about walking noobies through all of the routine stuff.
HP definetely
Here is my 2 cents.... I should give more because the EPSON cost me more.
Anyway I had an Epson AIO (CX 5200 or 5400) and it printed GREAT until I ran a few heavy (8x10) color print projects thru it. (It just happened to be right after the warrenty went out.) I was getting toward the end and I started getting streaking and missing colors. So I tried the head cleaning numerous times and it did not help. A change in ink (Epson Ink) did not help either. With a little investigation I found out that the Epson has a few problems and I caused a few myself.... they are as follows:
1) The ink nozzles are in the printer not the ink cartridges so changing cartridges doesn't help
2) Durabrite ink is notorious for clogging
3) I tried conserving ink (because it costs a fortune) and did not use the color unless I had to. This allowed the Durabrite ink to dry/clog.
4) I never turned off the printer. The printer completes a more thorough head cleaning when it powers up. This reduces clogging probability.
For more info please see the following link (http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/forums/inkjet/26073)
With all that being said... I don't know if these are still issues so it maybe beneficial to read current reviews of current models. Also a few forum members on different threads said that Epson customer service was very good (read: got new printers) if their's was still under warrenty.
Finally I bought myself an HP 2355 and am very pleased with it thus far (5 months old).
puckhead193 said:
Here is my 2 cents.... I should give more because the EPSON cost me more.
Anyway I had an Epson AIO (CX 5200 or 5400) and it printed GREAT until I ran a few heavy (8x10) color print projects thru it. (It just happened to be right after the warrenty went out.) I was getting toward the end and I started getting streaking and missing colors. So I tried the head cleaning numerous times and it did not help. A change in ink (Epson Ink) did not help either. With a little investigation I found out that the Epson has a few problems and I caused a few myself.... they are as follows:
1) The ink nozzles are in the printer not the ink cartridges so changing cartridges doesn't help
2) Durabrite ink is notorious for clogging
3) I tried conserving ink (because it costs a fortune) and did not use the color unless I had to. This allowed the Durabrite ink to dry/clog.
4) I never turned off the printer. The printer completes a more thorough head cleaning when it powers up. This reduces clogging probability.
For more info please see the following link (http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/forums/inkjet/26073)
With all that being said... I don't know if these are still issues so it maybe beneficial to read current reviews of current models. Also a few forum members on different threads said that Epson customer service was very good (read: got new printers) if their's was still under warrenty.
Finally I bought myself an HP 2355 and am very pleased with it thus far (5 months old).