On Jan 21, 2009, at 8:14 PM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
Does anyone have recommendations for long-term leasing of supported
desktop computers (e.g. 2 years)? The main goal would be to buy a
service for a dozen or perhaps two dozen computers usable for a
certain set of applications, i.e. the particular specifications of
the computers weren't necessarily nailed down in detail but one
could be sure that Office 2007 or whatever would work well and that
computers would be promptly replaced if they malfunctioned. There'd
be no need to interface with an IT dept as they would run off a
wireless network. Not looking to get robbed, but some premium is
anticipated.
At my last job we rented 12 computers (Macs and PC's) from Bit-by-Bit/
SmartSource computer rentals in the San Francisco area and were
pleased with the results. I believe the same company was used this
past October 2008 and I heard good feedback. However, these were
short-term rentals (2 weeks).
http://www.bit-by-bit.com/
As for long term rentals and support, I'm not sure if they provide
that but if you're interested you could check. I think if a PC fails
they (most large scale computer rental companies) will bring a
replacement (i.e they provide some hardware support).
-Nick
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