Cd drive making a funny noise

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In all honesty, it seems odd that your trackpad was working fine and you were not experiencing hard drive issues until after you submitted it for repairs. Was this directly with Apple or an Apple Authorized Repair Center? I guess it's possible that they ran a hardware test and realized the drive "may" be failing, but I would expect that they would give you the option to replace it vs. indicating it had failed. It sort of sounds like they had issues when they opened it up to replace the optical drive. You can purchase an extended warranty at your own option. The purpose of the extended warranty is exactly as its name implies... to extend your warranty. Apple gives you a year in which to do so. You have experienced problems while in your initial warranty, so fortunately those repairs were covered. If you were to want an additional two years of coverage, you would need to purchase the extended warranty just like anyone else. I'm just a little skeptical with respect to the other two issues arising after you brought it in for repair... I'd be more so if it were an authorized service center vs. directly with Apple. I would either definitely want to be confident that they did a good job... or go for an extended warranty.

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