The Logic Off Topic list

On Jan 12, 2004, at 5:56 PM, Zeek Duff wrote:

> Then, lawsuits against Apple were rumored, upon which Apple was 
> rumored to
> have started a replacement program.  BUT, if you're willing to pay $99 
> to

I'd just like to point out that Apple now offers a $50 AppleCare plan 
for the iPod that extends the warranty from 1 year to 3 years. Under 
the extended warranty, depleted batteries are replaced for free.

Note, however, that depleted batteries are NOT replaced for free under 
the original hardware warranty, just the extended AppleCare warranty, 
which I was told last week by an Apple rep who conveniently called me 
as my 1 year PowerBook warranty was expiring. (Gotta love the "Your 
warrant is expiring, would you like to buy AppleCare now?" calls :)

Yeah, $50 is another $50, but for 3 years of no-worry about the 
battery, at a cost of 5 CDs from the Music Store, I'll be buying it in 
the next couple of weeks.

> keep your music fresh every 18 months, remember you still have to have 
> it
> backed up elsewhere, because when the battery dies, the music goes 
> too, and
> must be reloaded *if* you get a new battery.  Hardly worth the time or 
> the

If you use the iPod with iTunes then all of your music exists both on 
your hard drive with iTunes and on the iPod, so if you have to replace 
the battery or fully-reset the iPod your music is still safe on your 
hard-drive (unless you manage to have both your iPod and computer all 
fail at the same time and lose all data).