10-16-2013, 10:35 PM
richorlin wrote:
Since both RAM and hard drives are listed as user-replaceable on the Macbook Pros, this should not be a problem.
I just wanted to point out that in my experience with AppleCare (G4 MBP & i7 MBP), if the machine has a non-Apple component and the problem is being diagnosed, Apple (once in a store and once "mail to Dallas" service center) has balked at doing repair (or anymore repair work) on it until the original drive (or memory) was put back in. I should have said that it would be better if the seller backed off his data and sold it with the original hard drive. Just my experience with AppleCare.
PS: I did install the non-OEM drive myself (purchase from our forum sponsors OWC), and don't think I crimped the cable. I can only imagine what Apple would have said if that had happened!