Malcolm Owen, AppleInsider:
Apple is making the decision for customers acquiring the iMac Pro to pick up AppleCare+ with their purchase easier, by keeping the price of the extended warranty service the same as for the iMac despite the increase in hardware cost.
AppleCare+ for the iMac Pro is $169, same as the iMac. AppleCare+ for the Mac Pro is $249.
I’ve always seen AppleCare as an insurance model. More expensive devices equals more expensive coverage cost.
Begs the question, when the Mac Pro ships next year (fingers crossed), will AppleCare+ coverage be priced in line with the iMac Pro? Is this a new cap on AppleCare?
It also begs the question, will the coming Mac Pro be cheaper than the iMac Pro?
Why? Well, the iMac Pro ships with an integrated 5K display. Presumably, the Mac Pro will be standalone. It might have more expensive components, but my thinking is, the cost of the 5K display should more than offset that cost (Insert “I’m no expert caveat” here).
Is it AppleCare or is it AppleCare+…? Thought the latter was for iOS devices.
I would guess, since there are zero upgrade options for the iMac “Pro” – that one advantage is that it is much less likely to need a repair? And/or if they need to repair, they just “squirt” out a new “clone”.
Nitpick: To “beg the question” formally means to ask a question that assumes the desired answer in its unstated premises.
The things you mention bring up questions, they don’t “beg” them, in proper usage (and I will fight improper usage on this one no matter how popular it gets).
Thank you! I will fight along side you lest “relative privation” becomes about income disparity.
Around March 2017, Apple converted all Mac AppleCare plans over to AppleCare+.
Keep in mind that Apple also announced they’re coming out with a standalone display next year. So AppleCare+ for the Mac Pro, would most likely also cover an external Apple display.