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In article <12160023@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM> bagdy@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Mark Bagdy) writes:
>A conversation with a friend brought up an interesting issue:
>
>I buy a computer and it's obsolete by the time I get it home.             
>
>Does anyone have experience renting or leasing computers?  Is there any
>advantage?                    
>
>It seems logical that I should be able to rent/lease a 486/33 machine now.
>In six months see if the 486 "price drop-like-a-rock" has occurred due to 
>competitive 486 chipsets or the P5, etc.  At that point see if it's worth
>the upgrade, etc.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Mark ("about to buy a 486-33 myself")


Well if you bought yourself a 486-33 (like you stated) it definately
wont be obsolete by the time you get it home. It probably wont be
totally obsolete for many years. It's might not be the top of the line
PC in 6 months but it will be far from obsolete.

For example, the 386's have been around for 7 years now. The higher end
386's have been around for 5 years. Granted, they may not be state of
the art, top of the line systems, but they are far from obsolete. I use
my 386 to run OS/2 and it's great.

You can probably pick up a 486-33 system for about $2750 now. If you sell it
in 5 years for $1000 bucks (about what an older used 386 is going for
now), it would have only costed you $1750 for 5 years or $30 per month.
If you lease it, you'll probably be talking about a lot more than that. A lot
more!

P.S. The prices I am talking about include:
     2 drives
     at least 120M hard drive
     VGA monitor
     etc.
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