[Brynnie]

Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

I experienced a failure of my SSD drive on my Mac this week. It was way too far to drive to the Apple Stores in Orlando, then wait. So I looked around The Villages.

I recalled driving by a computer repair shop on 441, east side about 300-feet south of 466, so first I called and then visited. They open early on weekdays, 8AM, answered promptly, and provided a knowledgeable response. Even though Mac repairs are hard to find, I brought my computer in.

MMD Computer Center
109 U.S. 441
Lady Lake
(352) 750-3707

Wow, what a great shop! Well staffed, well lighted, clean as a whistle, well stocked with accessories. They quickly confirmed my problem, actually suggested a minor additional repair, and provided a printed estimate. That was at 9:30AM.

Surprisingly, I got a call at 1:30PM—my computer was repaired and ready for pick up! They suggested I bring my backup external hard drive in so they could reload all my apps and files on the new SSD at no additional charge!

On arrival the technician took me back to the spotless repair area and ran the machine thru tests, then carried it out to my car. The cost was as estimated. I had already checked parts costs on line—they had used Apple or top quality parts—and their labor charges were very reasonable!

I can’t recommend MMD Computer Center more highly. Don’t hesitate visiting them for your computer repairs or services!

I used them a couple of years ago, when my iMac had a virus. They put in a new hard drive, as well as an anti-malware program and an external hard drive for backing up my information. They’re great! Really know what they’re doing.

[rogerk]

I have also had great service at MMD Computer. I have used them over the last 15+ years and they are reliable and reasonably priced. I have also had them come to my home for help with network issues.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by MartinSE

That is pretty weird - LOL! I just noticed it. I could not have logged into that account. I DON'T log in here. I let me system do that, I have it automated (I hate logins)... Hmmm...

EDIT: I am going to have to figure out how that happened. I was on a "vacation" a long time ago, and when I came back I could not use that account. I tried a few times and gave up. Then after a while I decided just to create a new account, this one. I seriously have no idea HOW that account popped back up for one or two posts. I would prefer to go back to using it.

[WelchNH]

I've used them a few times- I have the same reaction. Highly recommend!

[virtue51]

MMD in Lady Lake provides excellent customer service -- honest, professional, knowledgable - the employees will answer any questions and provide repairs, updates, etc. I purchased my computer from them and everything was set-up for my immediate use. Highly recommend MMD.

[Kgcetm]

I normally don’t listen. This time I did. What a great shop I am happy to recommend to everyone. Knowledgeable, friendly, reasonable and fast.

A good place to go withe computer issues.

Originally Posted by Villagesi Kahuna

I experienced a failure of my SSD drive on my Mac this week. It was way too far to drive to the Apple Stores in Orlando, then wait. So I looked around The Villages.

I recalled driving by a computer repair shop on 441, east side about 300-feet south of 466, so first I called and then visited. They open early on weekdays, 8AM, answered promptly, and provided a knowledgeable response. Even though Mac repairs are hard to find, I brought my computer in.

MMD Computer Center
109 U.S. 441
Lady Lake
(352) 750-3707

Wow, what a great shop! Well staffed, well lighted, clean as a whistle, well stocked with accessories. They quickly confirmed my problem, actually suggested a minor additional repair, and provided a printed estimate. That was at 9:30AM.

Surprisingly, I got a call at 1:30PM—my computer was repaired and ready for pick up! They suggested I bring my backup external hard drive in so they could reload all my apps and files on the new SSD at no additional charge!

On arrival the technician took me back to the spotless repair area and ran the machine thru tests, then carried it out to my car. The cost was as estimated. I had already checked parts costs on line—they had used Apple or top quality parts—and their labor charges were very reasonable!

I can’t recommend MMD Computer Center more highly. Don’t hesitate visiting them for your computer repairs or services!

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by buzzy

Good grief. What goes wrong with an SSD? I thought they were failure-proof because of no moving parts.

NOTHING is failure PROOF, but that being said I have had hard-drives since somewhere around 1981 (first one was a Shugart ST506(??) 5 MEGAbyte (LOL) attached to a circa 1978 hacked TRS-80 Model One (before PC's) running a dialup BBS. From that one until now (2 x 1 Terabyte and 1 x 500Gig SSD's) I have never had a single hard drive failure. Guess I'm just lucky but still do full backups every night "just in case" both to cloud and a NAS. Like myself my hard drive luck is on borrowed time (as is our air conditioner )!

I'd hate to think that the OP's "bad SSD" might have just needed a low-level format (aka secure erase). Hopefully the store returned the "bad drive" to him.

[rwcw]

I've posted less than a dozen times in my twelve years here but I think it's important for every on to know that these technicians at MMD are terrific. If you have a computer or phone question or problem, they can help at a very reasonable cost, in my opinion..