if macbook costs less than RM5000, to me personally i will choose not to buy the applecare as i feel that apple products are generally very reliable. if it costs more than rm5000-6000, then only i will consider buying.

As the saving on the applecare, i can use it to upgrade the existing macbook earlier.

yes, apple customer service is always top in the world.

i bought my macbook pro 15-inch 2014 version (discrete card version, nvidia graphic card) in april 2015. I got a new macbook pro 15-inch 2015 version replacement due to some reason (with the faster ssd, force touch, amd graphic card) replaced on 1 july 2015 and my warranty restarts at 1 july 2015 also.