Acey's Computers

02/27/2025

I am a member of the cybersecurity community, a concerned citizen, and I have come to the realization that unless we make a conscious effort to educate the American population as a whole on the fundamental concepts of cybersecurity and cyber literacy, we will be failing to serve our country effectively.

I suggest we assemble a group of highly skilled cybersecurity experts, computer scientists, ethical hackers, IT certification developers, and honest academia professionals to develop a comprehensive set of courses that can significantly enhance national cyber literacy. It is equally crucial that these courses be regularly updated, ideally every few years, to ensure their relevance and effectiveness in addressing emerging cyber trends.

It is my firm belief that these courses should be introduced as early as possible, ideally in middle school. I strongly advocate for making them mandatory for high school and even college graduation, similar to the requirement for Math, Science, and History. Cybersecurity fundamentals and cyber literacy have become of great importance for our nation’s security, and their inclusion in the curriculum is essential.

It is my conviction that implementing such a program is crucial for the long-term success and resilience of our nation. It offers numerous benefits, including elevating the nation’s baseline understanding of healthy cyber practices. This knowledge will enhance our nation’s resilience to cyber attacks and make us a more challenging target for malicious actors. Moreover, it has the potential to positively impact our economy. A workforce with a stronger foundation in cybersecurity basics will empower our hardworking Americans to contribute effectively, and allow their hard work remain in the country.

I deeply care for our country’s prosperity. I firmly believe that this initiative will not only bolster our economy but also fortify our cybersecurity workforce in terms of both quantity and quality. Moreover, it will contribute to the strengthening of our national security by making our nation a harder target as a whole. The primary objective is to safeguard not only our warfighters but also every citizen within this nation, as well as the sensitive data we carry. The frequency of data breaches and malware attacks is alarming, and many of these incidents stem from seemingly trivial sources rather than sophisticated attacks.

I urge anyone reading this to take a moment to look around. Observe the average number of data breaches over the past decade. Analyze the dollar value and the sheer volume of data that has been collected through these breaches. Finally, reflect on the advancements made by adversaries in both their technology and the economic gains they have achieved from stealing data from us as a nation. Ask yourself, is this historical trend healthy for our country? How long can we allow it to continue at this pace?

I am confident that we possess the capabilities to achieve anything we set our minds to. The conversation must be started to help secure us all.

Sincerely -

Weston Acey,

09/30/2024

08/16/2024

Studies have shown that your CPU doesn’t slow down over time. The reason your computer slows down is either the drive slowing down or because windows is not good at cleaning out their old clutter and keeps adding new stuff on the old stuff to make your computer soft though more things.

04/21/2024

If your pc is running slow especially on boot up. Like let me boot up and then make coffee while I wait on it to boot up. Chances are you have a hard drive. A brand new 1TB ssd costs about $90 and you will feel like you have a new computer.

03/24/2024

Customer came in and had an issue with their laptop being stuck in a Boot loop. It would say something happend with windows and you need to restart and no matter how many times it restarted it would not fix it. We were able to put a fresh copy of windows on there and keep all of their files and fixed their problem in about an hour. Their price $50 a brick and mortar store is over 100$.

03/02/2024

Customer called asking if I could help them with their PC. They had a custom water loop and one of the fittings came loose and leaked all their water. We took in their PC and cleaned it up and put in a new AIO and got them back up and working in 2 days.

02/27/2024

Customer came in yesterday to see if we could fix her issues with network connectivity. She told me she went to the geek squad earlier that day and they looked at it and said “it’s connected to the internet there’s nothing we can do. We don’t have time to dig into it more”. They charged her $49.99 and did nothing. She also had an an appointment. We were able to get her up and going in less than a half hour. We uninstalled 2 VPN’s that were clashing and wound not assign the DNS for the computer to use. We updated her network drivers and she was good to go. She was out the door for our half hour rate ($25).

01/30/2024

This customer just got a new 1 TB SSD, a new Battery and doubled the ammount of RAM. It costed them less than $100 in labor and $160 ish in parts. We don’t mark up parts you pay what we pay.

01/30/2024

These are the prices of brick and mortar PC repair shops near me. Some of the things they are charging a full hour for take closer to 10 minutes including verifying the install went good. I understand that they have a much higher over head than we do and have to charge higher prices. These kinds of prices are why people don't get them worked on and sit there with the loading wheels of death every time they boot up. If you can find a better price I will match it or beat it.

01/30/2024

• PC Diagnostics – $25 To diagnose the issues on your PC. This is waved if you decide to have us work on your PC.

• Computer Build - Cost of parts plus $100 build fee. I can build you a better computer for less money than you can buy one at the store. My most popular desktop costs about $600 in parts so $700 with the build fee and it is still $200-300 hundred dollars cheaper than its equivalent in the store. Having one custom built also gives you the option to upgrade or change out individual pieces down the road where as your in store PC's generally do not.

• Clone your Drive - $50 Take your drive and clone it bit for bit to a new one.

• Labor - $25 per half hour. This is for things such as swapping drives, adding ram, cleaning the PC, changing the thermal paste, upgrading down grading Operating Systems, ect…

• We promise to charge a fair and honest price. Not being a brick-and-mortar store allows us to pass the savings on to you.

• You are responsible for backing up your important documents and pictures before bringing us your equipment. We are not responsible for any lost data that may occur.