What happens when your hardware fails though?
Hardware always has a chance of failing no matter how good the manufacturer says it is. Just like almost all computer components, most of the Apple parts are made overseas (probably mostly in China) and nothing has 100% reliability forever. Parts WILL fail. The Macbook Pro comes with a 1 year warranty. What happens when the soldered RAM fails 18 months in? Oh darn now I have to buy another computer since I can't repair it. Oh so you protect your investment and spend the $350 for Applecare. That is only for 3 years. I expect for my hardware to be usable for more than 3 years, especially at the prices they are charging for Apple hardware.
Call me cheap if you want, but I just can't get on board with the BS so many subscribe to these days where I have to go out and get the latest and greatest new hardware when it comes out. It is ridiculous all those people lining up at the Apple stores on the iPhone release day just to upgrade the phone they purchased a year ago just so they have the new feature that Apple tells them they need to have.
