Can a Macbook Pro be insured?

Question

My parents wanted me to find this out because they are buying me a MBP for Christmas. They wanted to know if Apple offered some sort of insurance policy, where if the MPB broke or became stolen a new one could be provided. Or are we just SOL, if something drastic happens that isn't covered under Apple's protection plan. Any information you can provide me will be greatly appreciated.
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Answer 1

Get the apple care protection plan to ensure anything internal from apple. I hightly reccomend it over other 3rd party service plans of any sort. If you have a high probability of your laptop being stolen then Go buy "Lojack" for Apple. This places an unremovable program that will send a signal to the Lojack company the next time it connects to the internet, after you report it stolen. Plus if they don't return it within 30 days, you get your money back. It costs 100 dollars or so per year, but assuming you are in high school or college, 3 or 4 hundred bucks to protect your laptop from theft could be a good idea if you travel around with it a lot.
If you shop at CompUSA they have a screen upgrade kit for the Macbooks and Macbook Pros. It's another 250 dollars, but will unconditionally replace your screen, no matter, what. Apple is fairly good with basic damage, bad pixels ect.,but they will replace a knife slach or bullet hole literally. If your parents can afford to, I would buy all three... depending on if you really need it, but the again you wouldn't be posting a question here if you didn't need something.
Applecare: Highly reccomended always
Lowjack: Reccomended if traveling often
Screen Upgrade (compusa):Reccomended if you can afford and have one in your area, and plan to be attending high risk areas, and or are clumsy ect., or just want the peace of mind that EVERYTHING will be covered. But this is not needed.
Hope this helped out. And by the way I got my MBP C2D in the Mail last week and It's amazing. Hope things go well with yours also.
P.S. Be sure to get your parents to get you a "brenthaven" laptop bag also. The brenthaven bags are the MOST protective bags on the market. They can handle droppage from 6 feet with No damage to the Laptop. They have a 50 dollar model and a 150 dollar model with more room for accessories and over 1 1/2 inches of padding on each side. All of them are protected by at Least an inch of paddin on all sides and corners, and are covered with balistic nylon. Definetly a good accessorie to protect your laptop. Again if your parents can afford it, get the more expensive 150 dollar model.
P.S.S. when buying a brenthaven bag get the one that fits "12-15" inch not "15-17" inch. the Prior will fit your MBP snugger like a glove with little room to bang around.
Happy Holidays.
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