[Agamemnon]

Getting the 3 year service warranties are a must for laptops, but when they require service, all the Geek Squad really is is a trans-shipping point to HP central with a 2 week turn around time if you are lucky.

Where just-in-time counts in today's computer world, and my business depends on it, I buy two computers at a time so that when one goes and is sent out by Best Buy for 10 days to 2 weeks, I just pop the hard drive in the other identical one and keep working.

The comps I purchase usually give out in advance of the 3-yr service plan so I get a brand new one typically a 2.5 years free of charge.

FReegards!

[dfwgator]

That’s why I love the Apple Store, take my Mac in, they repair it there, and I get it back in a matter of days.