Great Home Offices 2005: Help With Your Computer

Acom Computers, 932 Hungerford Dr., Suite 40-A, Rockville; 301-294-9101.

Boon PC Computer, 7720 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 213, Bethesda; 301-654-2116.

Computer Place, 50 Bureau Dr., Gaithersburg; 301-330-6016.

Computer Service Design, 101 Church St., Vienna; 703-281-0001.

Computers on Demand, 4502 Jones Bridge Rd., Bethesda; 301-718-0822.

CTSS, 8309 Richmond Hwy., Alexandria; 703-360-5552.

Golden Tech Computer Center, 14281 Potomac Mills Rd., Woodbridge; 703-499-9292.

Mac Heaven, 4500 Daly Dr., Suite 300, Chantilly; 703-968-8805.

Mac Upgrades, 6931-A Arlington Rd., Bethesda; 301-907-0300.

PC Warehouse, 706-C Rockville Pike, Rockville; 301-309-1900.

Platinum Micro Electronics, 7237 Nathan Ct., Manassas; 703-368-4584.

Practical Computer, 5407-A Port Royal Rd., Springfield; 703-321-3003.

Richards Computer, 2803 Merrilee Dr., Fairfax; 703-876-5355.

Terabyte Systems, 110 Whitmoor Ter., Silver Spring; 301-593-7179.

These repair shops were rated highest in quality by Washington Consumers' Checkbook. For a full listing of shops plus advice on dealing with a shop, maintaining hardware, and fixing software glitches, visit checkbook.org.