So, am I supposed to mail my laptop to Madison?

In the last six months both storefront repair shops in Fort Atkinson—CompuFort and Badgerland—quietly shut their doors. Whitewater never had one to begin with, which means Jefferson County is suddenly a computer‑repair desert.

So what do you do when your PC blue‑screens or your MacBook battery swells? Drive 40 minutes to Janesville? Ship it to Apple and wait two weeks? You could. But here’s the local reality and a simpler option.

The Quiet Vanishing of our “go‑to” Shops

• • CompuFort after twenty years—closed the week after Thanksgiving 2024.
• • Badgerland Computer Solutions followed in February 2025.
• • The big‑box fix counter in Janesville now sees double the lines, and appointments are five days out.

Meanwhile Whitewater residents, UW‑W students, and Jefferson businesses are left Googling “pc repair near me” only to find outdated listings.

A One‑Person Workshop is Still Here, and Growing!

I’m Riley. I grew up swapping hard‑drives in my grandparents’ basement in Fort Atkinson and never stopped. When those two Fort shops closed, I opened my garage workshop to the public and added a mobile tool‑bag for on‑site visits. It isn’t glamorous—no neon sign, no up‑sell counter—but it’s five minutes away and it works.

Stone Foundations

Basements in Fort Atkinson and Whitewater were designed for coal, not high-speed streaming. Wi-Fi signals get trapped in a concrete cave.

Why Bother with “Some Guy” and not a Chain Store?

• • Same‑day beats “leave it and we’ll text you next Thursday.”
• • Flat quote means no “diagnostic fee” surprises.
• • Local means you can ring me if something feels off and I’ll show up, not transfer you to a call center.