Who says NY services are horrible? First my desktop died, with irritating, overacting drama, and then, within weeks, like a dog picking up a habit*, my cutie pie netbook went from being cheerfully functional (had been for a surprisingly long time, considering it is, like, made of cardboard)  - to instant unexplained death.  I actually need the former, for its burner, some programs that I paid a lot for & like & don't & can't be made to exist elsewhere, and several years of photos & music; I need the latter because my iPad is sync'd to it and Apple very unApplyily makes one tie one's iPad to one and only one device for the purposes I'm concerned about.  Supposedly.   Anyway, yelp suggested a computer dude, who is super polite, friendly, FUNNY, is not charging billions of dollars, and did not laugh at me (not noticeably, at least) for possessing a Vista-running device.

*my dog does this.  He once had occasion to observe that another dog would NOT enter my home without his shoes first being removed; since immediately, & ever, after, nothing can persuade my dog to cross my threshold before his shoes are removed.  He just looks away (at most, condescends to give me occasional disapproving side-eye) & goes deaf until it is taken care of.  Only one of several examples.  Have I mentioned my dog is a genius?