Is Apple Care worth it if I have home insurance that covers it?

sal_III

custardy wrote: »

Of course theres the other possible issues with Applecare.
You are at the mercy of Apple.
I watched a video the other day (damned if I can find it)where Apple declared a Macbook water damaged and refused repair offering only a new mobo at buyers cost. (under 1 year old)
Mac was opened by a repairer and showed no water damage. It was a chip on the board which is coded to the board. So repairer couldnt repair. Theres non SOS ports on the drives now so to even get their data they need to pay for the mobo

You are preaching to the choir
The case you quoted seems like an isolated case, besides it's just as likely to happen with any other warranty provider.
A more fundamental issue with Apple warranty on Macs is that if you have a non-basic device (extra SSD/RAM) that's not in stock for immediate replacement you are likely to wait weeks for your device to be repaired.

As for not being able to extract the data from the failed Laptop - that's also true fro most high end Laptops, as they have often soldered NVME SSDs. With the plethora of cheap cloud backups and external storage there is really no excuse for not having a backup. Especially on a Mac, where TimeMachine is so seamless and user friendly.

custardy

sal_III wrote: »

You are preaching to the choir
The case you quoted seems like an isolated case, besides it's just as likely to happen with any other warranty provider.
A more fundamental issue with Apple warranty on Macs is that if you have a non-basic device (extra SSD/RAM) that's not in stock for immediate replacement you are likely to wait weeks for your device to be repaired.

As for not being able to extract the data from the failed Laptop - that's also true fro most high end Laptops, as they have often soldered NVME SSDs. With the plethora of cheap cloud backups and external storage there is really no excuse for not having a backup. Especially on a Mac, where TimeMachine is so seamless and user friendly.

It may happen with others. However the 'others' arent stopping the supply of the parts to repair the board and coding parts to prevent repair;)
Dont make me start posting anti Apple vids