Macbook Warranty

Hey All,
I've had my macbook white 13' (base model) for about 10 months now. The optical drive was making a funny noise and would only play random cd's/DVD's untill it fully stopped working and making really bad clicking noises =( of course this has to happen when i need to re-install the OS (typical). I thought i might of just had some bad media disks untill i tried to re-install the OS only to have the comp spit the install disk out after a few noisy clicks.
So off to the apple repairer i go where on apples database my warranty is out so they have to send my proof of purchase in to get it authorized.
Next thing, the repairer rings me up and informs me that the HDD has died and the mouse clicker is no longer working aswell.....
So, three major hardware parts to fail within the twelve months of having the device.
Keep in mind, i rarely move my laptop nor has it been dropped etc.
I call tech support to find out what they can do seems the warranty is up in two months and this doesnt put alot of faith in me that the macbook will last much longer than the warranty.
His reply is "great news, you can still buy the apple protection plan and put an extra 2years of warranty on it" ......... well, i don't have a spare $400 just laying around.
Has anyone experienced something like this and what was the result? (eg. did they extend the warranty?) Its kind of a joke that something worth $1600 can just fail within 10months.....
Thanks,
Luke

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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