Many people spend a significant amount of time researching and studying before they make a decision to purchase a new computer. These folks tread from website to website and from store to store comparing one computer system with another before making a purchasing decision.
Ironically, given how much time is spent contemplating what new computer unit or system to buy, very little effort is spent or consideration given to ensuring a new computer has a proper, sufficient warranty.
On some level, and in many ways, the most important “part” of a new computer is the warranty. And yet, the average PC purchaser spends not a lick of time in comparing warranties that might be available to cover a new computer.
Most specialists well versed in the field of new computer warranty coverage insist that a consumer make certain that he or she obtains a warranty that lasts for a period of three years. As a matter of course, most computer manufactures provide their customers with automatic warranty coverage of one year on any new computer purchased from their stock.
The average life span of a computer is more than one year, of course. Indeed, most PCs are in operation in homes and offices for at least a three-year stretch. Consequently, commonsense dictates that the PC have the most complete warranty coverage for as much of its operational life span as can possibly be obtained. Settling for a warranty the extended through only the first year of ownership is quite like buying a health insurance policy that expired one year after its purchase.
Currently, most extended warranties on new computers will cost a price conscious consumer somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 and $150 (US). Of course, a diligent consumer can spend some time shopping around – like he or she did when buying a PC or new computer in the first instance – and find some special offers on extended warranties.