I have an Inspiron laptop that I love. When it was being weird, I investigated and found that sending it in to Dell even to be looked at was like 300 bucks. (I was able to discover and resolve the problem myself, as it turned out. Bad powercord.) If you plan to keep that laptop as opposed to chucking it for a new one if things go wrong, I'd think the warranty would be worth it. But you know, I bought an extended warranty evn for my Toyota, so.....