In article <456be8f1$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net>,
M.I.5¾ <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote:

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>Personally, I never buy any extended warranty, but prefer to pay £30-40 into
>a savings account. I pay for *all* my repairs from that account, and it
>still has a balance of nearly £2000 at present. This alone demonstrates
>that extended warranties are the great rip off that they are.
>
>


For most consumer items I agree with the above calculation but a
laptop used for an important activity is an exception. If, 13 months
after buying a laptop, it dies you have to select a new laptop, buy
it, and reinstall all your apps etc. This would happen, of course,
when you needed to get work done, not futz with a new system. Most
people have no record of all the software they've bought online (A/V,
firewall, utilities, applications, etc) and have to repurchase it when
they reinstall.

Under a decent warranty, the manufacturer promises to keep your
laptop, or one just like it, running for the duration.


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