Goodbye Apple Care, It was nice knowing you

December 30th, 2009 by Justin

My MacBook is officially old. The 3 years of Apple Care warranty expired last month and now my laptop is expected to fend for it’s self.

I don’t always treat my stuff with the utmost of care. I use them for what they are, things; and If chucking my things around is what I want to do then that’s what I’m going to do. To commemorate this 3 year anniversary I’m going to list all the times Apple Care has saved my ass:

  1. LCD back light starts to flicker. Fixed in 2 days. No questions asked.
  2. Charger catches on fire. Send me a new one the next day.
  3. Cracks near my keyboard start to appear. Took it in just in-case they could do something about it. They did. Got a new keyboard and track pad. Woot.
  4. Battery occasionally cut out. New one the next day.
  5. Back light stopped working and cracks in the plastic around the LCD. Fixed in 2 days.

Was paying for Apple Care worth it? Totally.