Opinions on AppleCare warranty for an iBook

[Greg Hamilton]

Did you upgrade the HD yourself? If so you probably voided the original 
warranty and any extended warranty AppleCare would offer.

Aside from that, yes it's probably worthwhile. I've read about numerous 
complaints of premature battery failure, loss of display caused by the 
screen hinge crimping the wires which connect to the LCD and logic 
board failure in iBooks.

I've personally been bitten by the first two problems. The iBook was 
just out of warranty when the original battery died. Not long after 
that the HD died. Then one of the LCD wires broke leaving me with no 
display. The cost of the new battery and HD probably exceeded the cost 
of AppleCare and I imagine it would have been pretty expensive to pay a 
professional to swap the HD and repair the LCD wiring.



On 21/01/2004, at 6:23 AM, Ben Hall wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> This is off-topic, but I figured you'd know best.
>
> I have an iBook 700 that is about to run out of the standard warranty, 
> I'm
> considering buying the AppleCare extended warranty, but it's  $300CDN 
> and the
> laptop was only $1500 new...  I've upgraded the RAM, added an Airport 
> card,
> and have upgraded the HD.  (Something I'm glad I did, but would never
> repeat.)
>
> So, what do people on the list think?  I've read a lot of reports of 
> logic
> boards failing...  Any personal experiences to share?  (If people 
> aren't
> interested in this non-YDL question, please reply to my e-mail address
> directly...)
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Ben
>
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