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    Warranty Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by MAA Cake, Nov 9, 2011.

  1. MAA Cake

    MAA Cake Notebook Enthusiast

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    Warranty upgrade to 3 years is around £250, do you guys thinks its essential?
    or is the alienware built resilient?

    Has yours broken often?
     
    MAA Cake, Nov 9, 2011
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  2. jimbo312

    jimbo312 Notebook Consultant

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    for myself i will probably keep the 1 year. if something doesn't happen to your laptop the first year and you baby it and care for it then its probably not gonna mess up after the first year. however i have heard of some that have had 3 years and there laptop messed up on the third year and they got a replacement.
     
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  3. Fallout4

    Fallout4 Notebook Consultant

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    Why buy the premium laptop if you're not going to get insurance for it? Would you buy a Rolls Royce without car insurance?

    I have advanced warranty for several years. Very expensive but I plan on using this laptop for a minimum of 2 years and probably 3 or more. If games improve during that time I will just buy a desktop in between.
     
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  4. nuaron

    nuaron Notebook Consultant

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    PROS:
    1) Free repair for 3 years if something goes wrong.
    2) Better resale value incase you want to move onto something else since the product is still covered in warranty.
    3) Peace of mind that Dell is going to foot the bill for expensive replacements such as Mobos, Display , CPU etc.

    Cons:
    1) expensive



    Though I personally do not think that this beautiful machine is going to fail , but this is the thing about electronics. you can never be sure. Which is why I purchased the 2 year extension . If its not too heavy on your pocket, i would strongly urge you to go ahead and buy it. Protects your investment ;)
     
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  5. CGSDR

    CGSDR Alien Master Race

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    Well tbh, last month my HDD fail of just using it for only 3 months, and it is not because of the computer, because all electronic product can fail at any second without warning. So it is better safe then sorry, I actually called Dell 2 months ago to extend the warranty from 1 to 2 years, and it cost my 129NZD which I think it is a reasonable price.

    And since I receive the laptop, I've been replacing 3 subwoofer and one HDD, the replacement of subwoofer is because of the first 2 time I did an experiment on it which cause the subwoofer to blow up while the third one is because of being careless. The HDD is like I say, it fail on its own. If without the warranty that would cause me lots of money.
     
    CGSDR, Nov 9, 2011
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  6. nuaron

    nuaron Notebook Consultant

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    It is for reasons like these that we pay extra dough for warranty extension.
     
    nuaron, Nov 9, 2011
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