I've bought extended warranties for all my MBs and it has returned at least 10x the value of the warranty.

For notebook computers I always recommend the extended accidental damage warranty along with the purchase. I've done this probably ~30 times over the years and almost all of those have resulted in replacement computers down the line.

Electronics represent the state of the science of value engineering. With normal use, the manufacturer’s goal is to get the product to last to the end of the standard warranty, plus a little more. After that they want it to fail.

OTOH, if something gets light duty, an extended warranty is often of no value.

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...Tracy

'00 ML320 "Casper"
'92 400E "Stella"