No stars. They had our laptop for a week with prepay $57. Called multiple times and finally a tech…read moresaid - the battery is bad. We told him the battery is new and was charging fine at home. Oh, then it's the motherboard. Did they even diagnose? Lost our trust right there. Said they would call the next day with price. Did not call. We picked it up and it's worse than when we dropped it off.

Our largely trouble free desktop computer running Window XP for the past 12 years was having start…read moreup issues. I brought the computer in and met Matt and described the problem. Matt said it could be the motherboard and/or the drive. I protested and told him the computer had no inconsistencies on the drive, no malware, no viruses. He replied "you are talking about psychotherapy and the patient needs a liver transplant." Immediately I appreciated his wry dry humor. I shared with him a parts build I had put together for a custom computer which we wanted to go forward with in September of 2017. For now we wanted a fix to tide us over until then. He warned if it was determined the problem was the motherboard there was no solution for us; he could not get another since ours was 8 generations old; not even an OEM version. The next day he called with devastating news. It indeed was the motherboard. He sent via email pictures of four blown capacitors on the board. At that point I was very fearful that we would lose all our data despite having it all backed up onto an external Western Digital drive via Acronis. I shared that our most important desire was to save all personal documents from each of our (my wife and I) respective profiles and twelve years of music on iTunes. I had just spoken with a support technician at Apple who told me since our version of iTunes was old, the music could not be downloaded into their newest version. Matt said that would depend on the condition of the hard drive, something he would know after examining it. He determined that the surface of the drive was damaged but the hardware supporting the drive was intact. He observed it was a good thing we brought it in since he surmised there was about seven days use out of it left. He did not guarantee he could do what we asked but felt confident he could. My parts list totaled $2,900. Matt went over each component and made recommendations for changes. When we were done my parts list was reduced to $2,100. The price reduction did not represent compromised performance; quite the contrary. With the graphics card I had originally listed Matt said it needs to run at 70 to 80 percent of capacity and if I were not using it in that manner I would not see the benefit whereas I would see MORE performance out of a card that cost less but was more accurately matched for intended use; horses for courses, and so it went with each part including the case. Matts reasoning was so clear it inspired confidence. I pulled my parts from Parts Picker. As I was "building" the computer with each addition of a part the site had a pop up that said "there are no incompatibilities" and continued to say so until the end. Matt said he did see where based on his experience there could be some parts that did not play well with one another. He agreed that the Corsair Vengeance series that was recommended to me over the higher level Corsair Domination Series was less troublesome. I told him that my goal was stability and at the same time although we are not gamers, we wanted a machine that was ultra-fast. He did what is called "active listening" and recommended a top of the line component that would meet those needs. HAPPY ENDING. Matt was able to rescue all of our personal documents and our iTunes library put into the latest version; a Miracle and we are so grateful. I knew he was not using hyperbole when he said "you will feel as if you have gone from a Model T to the Jetsons." Experiencing the truth of what he said was something else entirely. Per my request he installed the ESET Internet Security software that I purchased and brought to him. He also installed Microsoft Office Home and Business 2016 as well as Windows 10 Home 64 bit. Matt shared in our excitement and it was palpable. There is something special to be said when someone is excited about building something for you; good energy going into the product. All the above is a very long winded way of describing someone who is adept at what he does and at the same time able to communicate what he does effectively, honestly and compassionately; a rare trifecta of skill sets in any business but especially in the world of technology. That Matt cared about us as people was evident at every point along the way. By that I mean he did not see us as customers only; someone to add to the profit margin. For all intents and purposes, Matt IS Madison Geeks. If he went elsewhere we would follow him. Kahlal Cunningham, CEO of Madison Geeks would do well to make Matt a partner. If we had not had the conversations we had with Matt and the trust he established with us, a $3,000 custom built computer would never have been built. Had we not had the numerous consultative conversations no work order would have been placed with Madison Geeks; it goes without saying that building a custom computer is not the same as putting money in a candy machine and out comes the candy bar.

The only draw back is they have a tiny parking lot. It's easy to miss. This place is awesome. They…read morefixed the problem with my laptop right away. It was a charging issue, even though I had it plugged in at home it wouldn't boot up. They charged it overnight & it booted right up. They would mot accept a dime from me. I will definitely be going back for all future repair needs.

My Dell desktop crashed and I couldn't access my financial data (and had no backup). Yikes! I…read morecalled Remachines and immediately spoke with Boa -- she was amazing! After looking at my CPU, Boa was able to explain my computer's problem in terms I could understand, was patient with my questions, and ultimately restored all my data. Remachines also conveniently accepted my old PC and peripherals for recycling. I would return to Remachines in a flash if I had further computer issues. Thanks, Boa!

Chris was very quick to respond to my request for help replacing my fan in my laptop. They offered…read moreto inspect the device to determine the cause of the loudness of the fan. They offered good pricing and efficient service. They came to my house to do the work on my laptop.

These people continue to prove they are a quality business. I had my machine serviced by another…read morerepair place, and they left the job half-done. Just got my machine back from these guys, and the issue it was having is cleared up. Many thanks for solving something others could not! Reasonable $$$, too.

Johny is so gifted. He can fix anything! Quality person and service! He is the best!!read more

I am not very computer savvy. I went into the Tech Heroes and he solved my problem within minutes…read moreand charged me nothing. What a wonderful way to operate a business.

They are local to a tee. Their research to advanced problems is deep and impeccable. I really feel…read morelike I have an ally when I call. We called about faulty Netgear routers. 3 in a row. They could have dispatched a tech. They also could have sold us a router -- they had one. Instead, they took the time to understand the problem, to contact a competitor (and their partner) and offer a solution -- all this sales engineering at no cost. From the beginning of our network in 2009 to now, they have provided invaluable advice and confirmation. Yes, they will be more expensive (slightly). Yes, they will use brands not sold at big box stores. But, they will know them. I cannot thank them enough. Btw, I did call other stores, and although they were competent and their advice was not wrong, only MCW explained it at our level, and did not push us to change the topology of our network. Please call them.

My hard drive suddenly crapped out on me (I know, I shouldn't have ignored my calendar reminders to…read moreback it up) and I was in need of service. I won't get into all the techy details, but I know what I'm doing and none of the easy fixes that I or my techy friends could do were working, and I was down to trying one of the several computer places in this part of town or a specialized data recovery place like Gillware (which could cost a thousand or more). The several times I came by to drop off things or pick them up, the kids at the front (truly probably high schoolers) didn't seem all that knowledgeable. After dropping off my hard drive on a Thursday before close, I had second thoughts and called on Friday to ask what they would actually be doing (and if it would be any different than what I already did). I was on the phone with Brian (Bryan?), the service manager, and he quickly checked it out and was able to confirm something could be done on the spot. Fortunately I wasn't under any time pressure so I let them do their thing. It ended up taking about a week for what was essentially just copying data from one drive to another, but I wasn't able to do it with the off-the-shelf equipment I had available to me so this was a real help. They do charge a minimum $125 fee (1 hour) which is exactly what it ended up costing me, but this was well worth it compared to the final alternative.

Mark is a pro! my wife and I have thought that quality workmanship and affordable prices were a…read morething of the past.Not so when you call mark.THANK YOU MARK!! Fred & Ginny Mroczko

Mark did an excellent job on repairing my Lenovo laptop. Quick service. Conscientious to take…read moreprecautions which I appreciated.

Great service, but depending on which contractor they match you with it could be bad. This company…read moreuses outside contractors to handle your service and a lot of the time it's a lot cheaper to justdeal directly with the given contractor, but finding them is really the service HelloTech provides. Maybe do some research and save yourself $$$.

Tech was great. Called to see if he could come early, which worked perfectly. He stayed until we…read morefully understood how to operate everything and was kind and courteous and patient.

As a small business owner I was struggling with finding a trusted and affordable computer support…read morein the area. I was at a spot that I needed to have a reliable computer support as my business works over the weekends. I had several situations when you can't find any computer support over the weekends. I start looking online and I found their pricing very appealing and decided to give it a try - and it exceeded my expectations! I already use them for over a year for all my computer problems and IT issues. I was able to focus on my business' growth.

I am the founder of a nonprofit that has no one to turn to for our website. So I do most of the…read moremodifications myself. Unfortunately, the site had not been updated for quite some time and the php was out of date so I could not update wordpress. I started looking for someone to help me fix these issues and found Plamen. After discussing our issues, he suggested that we redo our website with an updated template and move it to a host that offered a better service. I started to panic because I was not sure who I could get to do all of this work and Plamen said he would help us. He has been very thorough in his approach, has provided excellent guidance, and is truly helping us create a site that will be much more user-friendly when our donors and beneficiaries visit. I highly recommend him and am grateful to have his expertise.

While I back up online and offsite due to a complicated failure I was without a complete image of…read morenearly 6TB data back to 1992. Gillware and their team are true professionals. Did an online intake, received a phone call Christmas Eve morning to confirm everything. Great updates and proposal before providing a method of payment. By 30 Dec my replacement drive with 99.999% of the recovered data was in the way back to me. Do know if they needed clean rooms or the level of effort needed or the time required. Just know they took a inop drive and got the data off. Just like an lawyer, dentist, pilot or doctor sometimes you pay for experience and in my opinion it was worth for 30 years worth of files. While I hope to never need their services again, they are the only ones I would trust my digital footprint too. While not inexpensive you are paying for their knowledge and experience. If is was so simple and fast then you could do it yourself or maybe hire the "neighborhood geek" or you could pay the experts to professionally recover your important data. While my choice may not be the best for everyone glad I paid Gillware to do it. However, we will be installing a RAID 5 NAS as part of our new 3-2-1 back up plan.

I had a photographer's worst nightmare happen to me recently. My SD card failed during upload and I…read morelost about 1600 images from a client's wedding. A wedding is not something where you could just schedule a retake, and it was a really heart wrenching phone call I had to make to a bride and family. I felt so unprofessional and like a failure for this poor client. They were so kind and so gracious to me, and I am forever grateful for the kindness they extended back to me when I told them what happened. They truly made the best of a very crappy situation. It has been so stressful, but I'm breathing a HUGE sigh of relief this morning because I received an email from Gillware Data Recovery with a sheet of thumbnails of the images they were able to retrieve from my card with a very long, tedious, and expensive process. It is worth every penny to deliver on a promise to a client, and a reminder that double writing on a backup card camera is worth the hassle and expense during irreplaceable moments. So, fellow photographers, take note and learn from my mistake! Long story short, if you ever have a data failure, www.gillware.com is the company to call. They are absolute rockstars!