Comments on: Should You Lease or Purchase Your Computer Equipment? http://bookkeepingdirect.com/smartmoneychoices/should-you-lease-or-purchase-your-computer-equipment/ How to make your business thrive...one decision at a time Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:43:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Laura Verba http://bookkeepingdirect.com/smartmoneychoices/should-you-lease-or-purchase-your-computer-equipment/comment-page-1/#comment-1229 Laura Verba Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:17:53 +0000 http://bookkeepingdirect.com/smartmoneychoices/?p=166#comment-1229 Leasing occasionally makes sense for an asset that will be used over several years. This does not include computers. I am very careful about my IT expenditures, too, but leasing is not really a good way to save money on computers. They have become disposable commodities. It costs too much to have them repaired. Until recently, I always built my own systems. I have recently switched to buying refurbished computers. Both Microcenter and Overstock.com sell refurbished Dell's with XP Pro for $200-400. I hate Vista, so this is an important issue. I refuse to pay Dell to install XP Pro over Vista, which is an option. Leasing occasionally makes sense for an asset that will be used over several years. This does not include computers. I am very careful about my IT expenditures, too, but leasing is not really a good way to save money on computers. They have become disposable commodities. It costs too much to have them repaired.

Until recently, I always built my own systems. I have recently switched to buying refurbished computers. Both Microcenter and Overstock.com sell refurbished Dell’s with XP Pro for $200-400. I hate Vista, so this is an important issue. I refuse to pay Dell to install XP Pro over Vista, which is an option.

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