This place is a total scam shop. Don't be misled, half of their reviews are friends and family. Look for yourself. You will call in and get a sales pitch by a guy named Chad who poses as a technician and answers technical questions. He is not a technician. Their hourly rates are the highest in Redding at over $100 per hour. Friendly Computing in Redding's rates are $60 per hour, with great honest service. They have been around for a long time and have a great reputation. " I have no affiliation with Friendly Computing" Just did the leg work for everyone. Also Shasta will way over charge you 200-300% for parts, and recommend the cheapest brands available, while they open with we use the highest quality parts. ( This is where the lies start) don't take my word for it, take a few minutes to look the prices up yourself! They will not let you supply your own Hard drive, they want you to pay the mark up for theirs.(Red Flag #1) They will say this is because of their warranty, but manufacture warranties on most hard drives are around 5 years anyway. Solid state HD's rarely fail in the first 3-5 years, usually last 7-10 in mac, this is why manufactures supply 5 yr warranty. They will also charge you labor for installing your operating system. Realize this takes 2-3 hours to load but only takes them a few clicks of a mouse and setting it on a desk. (Anyone can do this themselves) here are instructions, its very simple.
Command -R (hold down while restarting)(hold all down at same time)
Install the latest mac OS that was installed on your Mac, without upgrading to a later version.
Option-Command-R (hold down while restarting)
Upgrade to the latest mac OS that is compatible with your Mac.**
Shift-Option-Command-R (hold down while restarting)
Requires mac OS Sierra 10.12.4 or late Install the mac
OS that came with your Mac, or the version closest to it that is still available.
Their will be an obvious tab to click to re install (name and image of OS)
accept privacy policy, click on image of hard drive, and wait a few hours.
You tell me if you should pay hundreds of dollars for that. Here are links to solid state HD prices for mac. Google the price and warranty of the parts they use! It will blow your mind how cheap they are. Also consider they buy them in bulk for less than half of list price. If you do go into them because of their reviews, I ask you to just do yourself a favor and compare the prices of their parts to the same parts online. It is an absolute rip off!!! You will see for your self.
Kind Regards,
Redding Community
https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/solid-state-drives/ssd-850-evo-2-5-sata-iii-500gb-mz-75e500b-am/
$139 Samsung's website They will charge you over $300 and if i remember right closer to $400. 5 year manufacture warranty. (this is a great product for the price)
The generic brands they offer will go for under $100 brand new for 500gb sshd, often even for around $70 if you shop around. read more