Regarding laptop warranties.
Whichever way you cut it laptops are disposable items. Their limited upgrade path and propriatory components ages them more rapidly then any desktop solution. Therefore the warranty you buy will depend on your disposable income.
Personally £500 is my no-extra-warranty boundary. This is because I could afford at-most to spend another £500 to replace it should it break in month 13 of my ownership. I cannot afford a more expensive machine to only last 12 months.
Again this would mean if I spent up to £1k I want 2yrs warranty and £1.5k 3yrs. Above that I'd seriously question my need for a laptop other than for pure vanity and buy the mother-of-all-desktops instead.
That said I wouldn't touch allsorts of laptops because I don't trust the warranty let alone the extended version.
The experiences friends have had with Apple for instance have been good IF they were covered. I dislike Toshiba because any I've been near have failed within 18months.
Dell I have had alot of experience with because I admin a raft of them. I would happily pay for additional Dell warranty, in fact if you spend over £500 I would encourage you to chose their at-home warranty.
Why? Because one laptop we had (with accidental cover) had a PINT of tea spilt over it and by the time Dell had finshed only the chassis and graphics card were unchanged. There was no arguement, they listened and pursued the issues until they got it right.
Even their non-European support staff are a significant step above similar offerings we've seen in years past.
It may pay to look to one of the smaller manufacturers as you might get a more personal service though I can't back that up with direct experience.
Whichever way you cut it laptops are disposable items. Their limited upgrade path and propriatory components ages them more rapidly then any desktop solution. Therefore the warranty you buy will depend on your disposable income.
Personally £500 is my no-extra-warranty boundary. This is because I could afford at-most to spend another £500 to replace it should it break in month 13 of my ownership. I cannot afford a more expensive machine to only last 12 months.
Again this would mean if I spent up to £1k I want 2yrs warranty and £1.5k 3yrs. Above that I'd seriously question my need for a laptop other than for pure vanity and buy the mother-of-all-desktops instead.
That said I wouldn't touch allsorts of laptops because I don't trust the warranty let alone the extended version.
The experiences friends have had with Apple for instance have been good IF they were covered. I dislike Toshiba because any I've been near have failed within 18months.
Dell I have had alot of experience with because I admin a raft of them. I would happily pay for additional Dell warranty, in fact if you spend over £500 I would encourage you to chose their at-home warranty.
Why? Because one laptop we had (with accidental cover) had a PINT of tea spilt over it and by the time Dell had finshed only the chassis and graphics card were unchanged. There was no arguement, they listened and pursued the issues until they got it right.
Even their non-European support staff are a significant step above similar offerings we've seen in years past.
It may pay to look to one of the smaller manufacturers as you might get a more personal service though I can't back that up with direct experience.
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