Quote - That's a common thing in new computers. If something is going to blow up, it usually happens within the first day or so. Hence the short warranty of 30 days on a lot of equipment. If it lasts that long then usually it's good for a few years.

Macs come with a one year 'nose-to-tail' warranty, with up to 3 years that can be purchased for ~$300. The price difference for what you get between Apple and, say, Dell, is pretty narrow nowadays, and in many cases the Apple comes out ahead. For instance, I have my eyeball on a new MacPro, which has two Core Duos playing together for a total of four cores. The box I have spec'd out will run about $2700 or so. I couldn't find a big-name PC with the same specs for less than $3000 (mostly because a box with that kind of horsepower at Dell would only be found in their server department)... Even @ the other end, a Mac Mini prices out reasonably well against any other Core Duo based PC. I think the laptops are the only place where you pay a more for a Mac for equivalent horsepower (but then, you can run both OSX and Windows on the critter - simultaneously if you get Parallels). /P