Re: Extended warranties are worthless, nearly

Al Dykes wrote:

> It's easy to say "I'll buy a new machine when this one dies" but the
> time and expense of picking a new laptop, buying it, and reinstalling
> all the software and data is not something you want to in year 2 or
> year 3 if you don't have to. Then there's the accessories you've
> bought. After two years you can't expect to buy an identical model. A
> manufacturer's warranty will garantee identical replacement.

What the hell?! Even if you did receive an identical copy, you still
have to "reinstall all the software and data", so what have you saved
by purchasing a worthless piece of paper? Even worse, your
precondition of working to "drop dead deadlines" pretty well demands
that you be prepared to "reinstall all the software and data" at a
moments notice, because a moment is about all you are going to get.
How is this mighty EW going to help? It seems to me that the money
spent on the EW would be better spent on redundancy, backup/restoration
software, and other matters directly relevant to the problem.

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