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dragon8 
No. Computers are generally outdated within 3 years.
Yes, but 95% of major hardware issues on laptops are so expensive to fix after 3 years, most "extended warranty" options will give you a new laptop. I say yes, but don't get it through a retailer's warranty (ie: Best Buy's warranty is garbage). Go with the manufacturer's extended warranty options. I haven't sold laptops in 3-4 years, but when I did .. HP and Dell both had really awesome warranty options. That even included physical damage. They also had various price options, so if you didn't want to spend $500 on the best warranty, they had something cheaper that still covered you for 3+ years .. which typically doesn't exist through your retailers. As for desktops .. fuck no, don't get the warranty. Same goes for printers. Generally, laptop warranties aren't that bad of an investment. Especially if don't take extremely good care of the thing. From personal experience: I worked at best buy when I bought a Toshiba laptop, had it for almost 2 years. Screen hinge's crapped out, so I sent it in under the warranty I bought (which is half price for employee's). 2 weeks later, they gave me a $1200 in-store gift card because they couldn't fix my laptop. So I got a new HP. *** not to mention, anything that "moves" on a laptop typically has a 90 day warranty. Charger, hinge's, keyboard, trackpad, harddrive, etc.
