I looked at that. The problem is that you need to be a business because of the VAT. It is not such a bad deal handy for cash flow. I also think that it includes on site support which makes it a much better deal. If cash is tight then it could be an option. The bit that I like is that you can buy the hardware for a token £39 at the end of the contract. Which is not that bad when you consider how long it could last. The other way of looking at it is that you are taking it out on HP and compare the total cost.
Personally if you have the cash buy outright. If you need to save any money skip the Apple care and use one of the people on these forums if you need a part replaced. I had to replace a Super drive and that will cost me around £100 with installation, a lot less than the £279 that the Apple care would have cost me and that would not have covered my drive because it was out side the warranty period anyway. You could do a better deal online or with Cancom. David > > Has anyone had experience of leasing a Mac rather than buying? > > I have been looking at hardsoft.co.uk who seem to have a deal where > you pay eg £14 per week for a MacBook Pro 15" over three years. This > is pretty expensive in the long run - £2,200 for a £1,300 model - > except that you have the option to upgrade to a newer model after 18 > months and keep the old one (or sell it). The three year contract then > starts again. > > Unless I am missing something, that looks quite attractive especially > as they will also replace the machine if anything goes wrong. > > Any thoughts? [I am not connected to the company and there are > probably others out there!] > > Richard > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
