Why Rent A Computer?
Renting vs Leasing

Why would anyone ever want to rent a computer? Isn't leasing a better solution? 

It depends upon your circumstance.
 

Let's start with another question... Why rent anything?

Answer: Because you need to satisfy a temporary short term need. Leasing is more long term.

If you are out of town you might need to rent a car, a hotel room and a computer.

When your car or computer breaks down, you need a temporary rental replacement while its being serviced and repaired. You're not going to go out and lease a car, renting is a perfect solution.

Or perhaps you just want to impress someone... you can rent a fast new car or a laptop computer that would impress your client.

People confuse computer renting with computer leasing. So what is the difference between renting and leasing a computer?

 

Renting is short term in nature and is very flexible. You can extend the rental or cancel at any time.

 

Leasing, like buying, can't be cancelled without a 'severe penalty' once you have committed. Leasing is a fixed arrangement. Renting is totally flexible.

Rent a Car vs Leasing a Car

Use the same analogy for renting cars as for renting computers. You wouldn't rent a car from Hertz® or Avis® for three years, would you? You might lease a car for three years from GMAC® or a lease a computer from GE Equipment Leasing®, but you wouldn't be able to rent one for a day or two from those companies.

There are many more reasons to rent computers, projectors, and plasma displays than you might think.

For example, classroom computer training. Rentacomputer.com can setup an entire classroom of computers and let you focus on your training program and not the hardware. Rental companies like Rentacomputer.com have everything you need and a backup plan if something unexpected happens. (Check out our classroom computer training equipment.)

Conferences go more smoothly when you deploy the services of a rental company to handle the installation of sound systems, computers, large plasma flat screens, lcd projectors and other technology. A Conference Rental allows you to focus on your event and not hardware issues. Let the numerous hardware issues get handled by rental experts at Rentacomputer.com.

Convention displays are really impressive with 42" Flat Plasma Display Screens. Try lugging one of those from your home office. Renting plasma displays is a much better idea. (Check out our Convention Rental equipment.)

Temporary offices can be setup with rental computers, printers, copiers and fax machines. They will be configured to your company specifications and installed at any remote destination. Rentacomputer.com has setup temporary offices in hotel rooms, trailers, warehouses and convention centers.  Temporary offices have been setup for State and Federal Supreme Courts, television networks covering presidential conventions, movie studios setting up at remote locations, and corporate mergers and takeovers.

Traveling executives won't have to lug portable computers through airports or other public transportation facilities. Executives can have technology preconfigured and tested, waiting at their final destination! Traveling with technology is one hassle that can be easily avoided with the Temporary Technology Travel Agent® services from Rentacomputer.com.

Special projects can be expedited with specialized technology such as color or high volume printer rentals, copier rentals and extra computing horsepower.

Seasonal Businesses hire Temporary employees need temporary technology rentals. Rentacomputer will coordinate the installation and removal of computers, printers and other technology for any period of time specified. If you hire temporary employees, hire temporary technology too.

Why rent a computer?
Now you know how and why!
Get a Computer Rental!

 

by John Beagle, Technical Writer, Xponex Media

Why lease a computer?
Here is our Computer Leasing page.


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