Yesterday morning, my computer died a quiet, unexceptional death. I had no idea where the problem was...CPU? Hard drive? Did it finally get fed up with my constant visits to Sephora.com?

My brother recommended the service desk at the Burlington location of Sonaggi Computers. I brought it in late Friday afternoon, and they were able to run a full diagnostic a couple hours later. Problem? Dead hard drive. Solution? Install a new one, as well as all the related operating system and software crapola that goes along with it. I was able to pick up my fixed machine Saturday morning. Now that's turnaround.

Price-wise, Sonaggi has excellent prices on hard drives, and has comparable labour rates to other places.

Bonus: locally owned.

Three locations: Toronto, Mississauga, Burlington