Thank you for your comments. I think it is probably not the solution for me right now - make do with what I have for now is, with an upgrade to Snow Leopard and latest iLife my only extravagance. But I will keep it in mind for the future.
Richard On 19 Aug 2009, at 23:43, Pat Wilson wrote: > > Hi Richard > > I'm on my third lease with Hardsoft - all upgrades after 18 months - > and > have had great service from them. Recently upgraded my lease to an > iMac > - the finance is arranged through Photolease. Yes it is more expensive > than outright purchase but with the last two leases they gave me a > free > wireless router. The second lease I took out was for a laptop. I > wasn't > happy with the machine they supplied and they replaced it the next day > and collected the old one at no cost to me. I did consider upgrading > my > Windows CS2 to Mac versions of CS4 which I could also have leased but > decided after using trial versions to stick with CS2 which I am using > via VirtualBox and all is working fine. They were very helpful costing > out numerous different options. All in all a good experience. I am a > company (sole trader) but the lease is in my own name. > > Hope this helps. > > Pat > > > Richard Wells wrote: >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
