This seems like a difficult business to execute on. 1) You need capital to buy the machines to give out and slowly collect $60 on. Once the capital runs out, more is needed, but without getting capital quick enough, new customers have to be turned down, growth slows, and capital becomes even more difficult to acquire. 2) Since the tech and product can be easily purchased by anyone, there is room for other businesses…
In your opinion what is the difference between leasing a computer and leasing a car?
Technichi: Macbook Subscription Service
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#32Whats the advantage over financing such a purchase through any of the other number of means available?
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#33Apple itself has a Macbook "subscription service", actually. It's called a "Fair Market Value lease" and works basically like a car lease. http://store.apple.com/us_smb_78313/browse/finance/lease
If I have an option to subscribe on 6-12 month terms and upgrade my machine on each release cycle, that'd be really interesting.
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#36For everyone in this thread: I'm pretty sure it's a joke.
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#37This seems like a difficult business to execute on. 1) You need capital to buy the machines to give out and slowly collect $60 on. Once the capital runs out, more is needed, but without getting capital quick enough, new customers have to be turned down, growth slows, and capital becomes even more difficult to acquire. 2) Since the tech and product can be easily purchased by anyone, there is room for other businesses…
In your opinion what is the difference between leasing a computer and leasing a car?
Since computers presumably depreciate faster than cars, the benefit is probably smaller for computers.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Off the cuff, cars cost 10x as much and aren't obsoleted by better cars that drive 3x as fast after two years...
Nor do laptops anymore.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7263/intel-teases-baytrail-per...