Warranty Upgrade

I need an opinion on warranty upgrades. Is it worth it to take 2 years or even 3 years warranty with the new M17X or is it safe to think that if the PC is going to break it is going to happen in the first year or so?

Thank you for any input you may have on this.

 

You can buy 1 year and extend it before the year is over.

Also Dell warranties can be transferred to new owners so extra years are never really wasted.

 

Yep, I know that but is it really worth it according to you?

 

Why worry about it now? You've got at least 10 months to decide before you can't renew it.

 

Are you sure I thought you had to decide within the 21 days of possible return to add warranty to the system?

 

I'm assuming it's impossible to extend a 1-year warranty even if it's jut one day after it expires?

I think it might be worth it just to buy a 3-year from the start as the M17x seems pretty future ready and like it will probably keep up with new machines over the next few years.

 

You can extend the warranty at any time during your existing warranty.

Dell has also been known to let you slide and sell you an extended warranty even if it's a couple of weeks after the expiration of your original warranty.

 

Maybe on the laptop models Dell knows sucks and have been plagued with RMA and service requests for.

Then I'd expect Dell would be happy to get rid of you and not extend your warranty.

 

for something this expensive i would recommend it!
Anything that would cost me more to replace it normally gets an extended warranty

 

Both Dell and Lenovo will sell you extended warranties after your initial warranty expires on certain models for an extra cost.

 

If it doesn't break within the first year what will make it break the 2nd?
Besides for accidentials of course.

 

My Thinkpad died year 3 about 3 months before the original warranty was set to expire. After they pretty much replaced every single piece of my system I extended the warranty another two years. My M17x warranty will expire before my Thinkpad warranty.

 

My HP dv9700t laptop GPU burned out after 14 months (2 months outside of warranty, and part of the bad nVidia GPU fiasco). Granted the M17x is far better built with better components, but it DOES happen.

 

Hah, I work at the Geek Squad in my town and I see sad stories every day similar to these. In my experience no matter how long of a warranty you get, just be ready for the laptop to break the day after it runs out.

On a side note I got just the basic 1 yr standard warranty. I really want to upgrade it to a 2 or 3 year Accidental Warranty. I know you guys said you can extend them out but can you change the coverage? (Complete Care I guess is what I want.)

 

Your logic of if it does not break within a year, then it's not going to break is totally wrong. Parts actually tend to break only after one year, such as power supplies, GPU's, the dreaded motherboard breakdown etc...

I would recommend getting the warranty for the period you believe you will own the laptop for total peace of mind...

 

XRod, actually thinking about it I totally agree with you. I personally never experienced this with a PC but my 350Z had a major problem just two weeks after the warranty expired. I actually believed for sometime because I was mad that they programmed the car to do that:

 

How is Warranty affected if the CPU is changed after purchase?

 

Hmmmm, I guess put the old one back in and then make the phone call...

 

I will almost definitely add a warranty to mine, but due to funds, when I order it will have the bottom of the line 1 year

 

Mhhm, I'm the same as scook9 is. I took the 1 year on my M17 and am going to upgrade to 3 years just before it runs out, due to the amount of money it costs I couldn't get 3 years with it.

 

just as stated.
even the AW reps have said to put the old proc in the unit prior to returning for warranty repair.