Should I invest in the Mac Warranty program?

I'm thinking of purchasing a MacBook and wanted to know if the warranty program is worth the $250 investment? I ccurently use an Acer with Vista and I have a broken mousepad and have been having problems with Windows mail and with space on my data drive. I'm hoping to have better luck with a Mac but I've been reading here about problems folks are having and I'm wondering if a Mac is worth the extra $$. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
B

the macbook is so poorly designed, with all kind of unexpected problems I never imagined would happen to an apple computer, that yes, it's a must.
I would recommend reconsider the macbook thou, i own the late 2006 blackbook and after 18 months the problems started to show up: cracked case, wake up from sleep every 20 seconds or so draining the battery out, unexpected shuts downs with low battery, bluetooth not available every 5 minutes, isight unavailable from time to time, and that's for me. In the last 2 months it's been an avalange of all the problems I didn't experience for 17 months, being, during that time happy with my notebook. I use this crappy notebook almost never now, just when I have a presentation away from the office, where i have a mac pro sitting in my desk, at least for now, without any problems, but with apple care, something i missed with the notebook.
want a tip? flickr crackbook and have at least a look to what happens with the case. They'll replace it, the first time it's almost funny, but the third,in two months... isn't funny anymore goin back again and again to the store.
apple computers simply works, yep, but for a while, after that, if u don't have apple care say goodbye to ur investment.
I hope someone warned me about this, that's why i'm taking my time, buy a macbook at your own risk, and consider the 250 extra for the apple care part of the price of the computer.
good luck

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