In fact at times I have purchased OEM hard drives through the Apple store instead of on Amazon.
My theory being that a manufacturer would (and this is important) be more likely to send their "A" production to Apple and do a better job of screening defects.
Might not be important for a laptop bag but a mission critical part I'm willing to pay a few extra dollars.
It's not a new concept in business that the better and more important customers [1] get better product and service.
[1] Ever try to hire through a temp agency? You don't get the same crop of people that the big guys get who give them a lot of business.
Doesn't really apply to HDDs or any other electronics manufactured in large numbers. They can't screen every item and they will try to use the best components in all of them. So you get the same DOA percentage from Apple branded HDDs and OEMs...
And LG, for example, assembles worse monitors than their competitors, who are using the same panels LG sells them as an OEM...
In fact at times I have purchased OEM hard drives through the Apple store instead of on Amazon.
My theory being that a manufacturer would (and this is important) be more likely to send their "A" production to Apple and do a better job of screening defects.
Might not be important for a laptop bag but a mission critical part I'm willing to pay a few extra dollars.
It's not a new concept in business that the better and more important customers [1] get better product and service.
[1] Ever try to hire through a temp agency? You don't get the same crop of people that the big guys get who give them a lot of business.