


After this grace period you are essentially out of luck if the RAM needs to be replaced. At the very most, the RAM from Apple comes with a 3 year warranty. Getting third party RAM is a much better option and should be done by more people looking to work more efficiently. The third party RAM you can get from OWC or similar providers also comes with a lifetime warranty and is almost identical to the RAM that Apple is selling you. Unless of course you simply don't care about money then this article doesn't apply to you. Having said that and having worked many a moons for Apple at the genius bar I can tell you that 1.) I am far from a genius and 2.) it's just not a best practice to upgrade your RAM through Apple. I get it and I don't care if you can custom build your own PC for a bajillion dollars cheaper and in theory you say it's faster. In every sense of the word, PC's are cheaper. Before I even begin this article I want to say for the record that PC's are cheaper than almost any Apple computer and I fully understood this before I spent thousands on my Mac.
