Strange. None of Macs I have worked on over the years at school, at jobs, and family members own... does quick math roughly 53 various Macs over 2 decades, have ever needed a repair. The only Apple repair I have ever seen was for my sister's Mini iPod. She had Apple Care. She just paid for the postage to send the iPod to Apple. Apple couldn't fix it, so they sent her a brand new iPod! Now that's service! oO My Mini iPod hasn't had any problems. ^^ bB