Is it worth it to buy the Apple Care Protection Plan for a new Mac Laptop?

I was thinking of purchasing the Mac Book Air and I was wondering whether the warranty (which costs $250.00) is worth getting.

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You may or may not have to use it in the future, but it's worth, and more with the MacBook Air. The MacBook Air has got near all the parts soldered onto the logic board, so if one of these soldered parts fail, the whole logic board has to be replaced. A logic board costs half of the price of a new MacBook Air or more, so you should purchase AppleCare to prevent this type of things.
The MacBook Air has got everything soldered onto the logic board except the flash storage, so you should get AppleCare if you don't want to pay a lot of money to get your computer repaired

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