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Leasing now an option, only $50/month (cheaper than inference subscription?), so even cash-poor can go the amortized-investment route. I've often felt there is
by w10-1 23d ago
Leasing now an option, only $50/month (cheaper than inference subscription?), so even cash-poor can go the amortized-investment route.
I've often felt there is tremendous value locked up in underutilized old computers. It would be interesting to see Apple in 3 years offering compute as a service using lease returns (or more likely, partnering with someone else to operate it (perhaps exclusively in secondary markets like China or India, to address political demands for local siting or jobs). Apple is in the best position to work around or even gap-fix older software/hardware limitations in a controlled environment, and now they can do so without cannibalizing new hardware sales.
- cromka 22d ago> Leasing now an option, only $50/month (cheaper than inference subscription?) For which configuration, though?
- GoofGarage 22d agoI looked at multiple configurations, and mathed it out. With leasing, you pay ~75% of the capital cost (excl. tax) over 3 years, but end up with no asset. Apple computers tend to have excellent resale value, and Mac Minis/Studios have the least depreciation of them all. I understand the benefits to both taxes and cash flow, but boy is Apple winning big on those lease offers for Studios.
- mathisfun123 22d ago> but end up with no asset consumer electronics has literally never been an asset. > Apple computers tend to have excellent resale value do you think the new leasing category might change that? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1vxzg6v/apple_introduces_new_mac_studio_with_m5_max_and/p5t111u/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1vxzg6v/apple_i...
- echoangle 22d agoTrade in value isn’t the market resell value though, you’re losing money for the convenience of having a trusted and easy buyer.