is Tekserve the cheapest place in NYC to upgrade your HDD?

[thechidz]

anyone know where to get this done for a reasonable price? I want to upgrade my HDD from 120 gigs to 250...

thanks

 

[Hls811]

I priced it out a while ago (including TekServe) - the prices were all around $150 for the labor... I decided to do it myself and I'm glad I did - it was SOOOO easy. (I even did my brother in law's the following week!

Just check out this site and follow the instructions: http://www.extremetech.com/slideshow/0,1206,a=205857,00.asp

 

[TK B$K]

Yeah why waste almost 200$ to get your hard drive replaced when you can do it yourself.

 

[pastrychef]

Another good place for guides on how to do a hard drive upgrade yourself is:

http://www.ifixit.com

 

[Adam921]

I agree with doing it yourself. I know a number of people who have used Tekserve for various things, and not many had anything good to say. They have a bad reputation from what I hear, and are overpriced.

 

[PDE]

there's a guy on craigslist who apparently does good work and charges much less - you might want to check him out.

 

[aforty]

Do you, like to... do it "yourself?"

Haha, I couldn't help it.

 

[kuebby]

Digital Society is cheaper. It's $120, and they finished mine in two hours.

 

[alphaod]

No the cheapest place is yourself.

 

[thechidz]

there's a guy on craigslist who apparently does good work and charges much less - you might want to check him out.

cool thanks, he said it would be 200 installed for a 320 gig

 

[thechidz]

Digital Society is cheaper. It's $120, and they finished mine in two hours.

thanks I'll check it out.

 

[bill hilly]

It's always better to do it yourself, but if you don't want to, J&R (where I work) charges $75 for the installation.

 

[techie.joe]

mac tech in NYC

i'm a freelance tech in nyc with many years of experience and will happily beat tekserve and digital society's HD upgrade prices. so, if you don't want to do it yourself, give me a call: 646-515-1199. -joe

 

[e12a]

Someone refer this guy to a place instead of constantly bugging him to do it himself. What if he doesnt have the tools? Not everyone has a fine philips and torx screwdriver.