said by Veloslave: It's just a computer... it doesn't need Steve's magically "authorized" service just to jack up the cost even more.
My co-worker still thinks we have to get everything from Apple or one of the local Apple resellers. He's bought two external hard drives from them thinking they had to be Apple "approved" or something (one was an iOmega and the other a RocStor). I convinced him that the WD drives from Walmart will work just fine.... Same when I suggested he upgrade the RAM in his MacBook Pro. We bought Kingston RAM and
I installed it vs taking it to the Apple store to have it done.