Originally Posted By: grelber
RE your extended warrantee may not cover the sort of service you'd like prefer, i.e. Apple's.)

Credit card 'protection' covers the purchase with exactly the manufacturer's warranty (as long as the manufacturer is still in business).
Check the pile of paper you got with your MasterCard or Visa (or possibly other ones).

Thanks for the info. Neither my MasterCard nor Discover Card extends warrantee coverage; maybe I ought to get one that does.

My question, though, was would the coverage allow you to bring a new Mac to Apple for service or would it restrict you to...?

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