AppleCare Protection Plan is it worth it?

Hi Mac lovers!
Second question for this forum....As i said before i just purchased 3 weeks ago my new and first Macbook Pro, the sales agent offered the apple care protection plan for $349 (3 year coverage) at the beginning i found it a little expensive but the more i think i wondering....is it worth it?
Please help me with this
also he said something if i take it abroad...it wouldnt work? or i dont get coverage plan, which one is it? i didnt get that lol

AppleCare coverage for Macs is worldwide, you can take it in for service anywhere (applies to the standard one year warranty and the AppleCare Protection Plan).
Is it worth it? Depends! If you get to the end of three years and have no problems with your Mac, then perhaps it wasn't worth it. If it goes belly up 367 days after you buy it, it's absolutely worth it.
Personally, I don't have it. My MBP will be three years old in May of this year, no problems to date (except the battery, which was a known issue for which Apple extended the original warranty to two years for my model). My wife's 12" PowerBook is now 6 years old, and still runs fine (only needing a replacement battery about 2 years ago, that's normal wear); it was in constant use until this Christmas when I got her a new unibody MB.
Keep in mind that you can purchase AppleCare anytime during the original one year period, so if you decide against for now but have any issues with your MBP during the year, you can change your mind.

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