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The joys of leasing

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 2:01 pm
by bio
As my employer has elected to lease our computers rather than buy them, I am once again preparing for my by-yearly data migration.

I've never understood the lease concept. I'm sure it looks attractive on paper and perhaps some tax benifit... but we pay more than the actuall price on a lease over a 2 year period, and then we ship it back (where they "refurbish" it and sell it to someone else for additional proffit).

But then, I don't make the decisions around here, do I?

ph34r my new desktop: Compaq EVO 2.4GHz P4, 1GB RAM, 16xDVD, 48x24x48 CDRW

It's a tiny God... bow before it!

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 3:56 pm
by baldy
reading specs turns me on so much....


but not this much

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 4:23 pm
by bio
reminds me of the ibrator

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 4:59 pm
by Moxie
Shouldn't this be in the geek porn section?

Re: The joys of leasing

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 6:36 pm
by jc
bio wrote: ph34r my new desktop: Compaq EVO 2.4GHz P4, 1GB RAM, 16xDVD, 48x24x48 CDRW

It's a tiny God... bow before it!
Dude, it's a fucking COMPAQ, you won't be getting any praise from me.

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 10:44 pm
by bio
Mox wrote:Shouldn't this be in the geek porn section?
Probobly... forgot about it until today (it's old)
jc wrote:Dude, it's a fucking COMPAQ, you won't be getting any praise from me.
Yeah... well, they won't let me build my own.

Fuckers.

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 2:01 am
by eddiecanuck
Yeah, my lease is up too, getting the same as you Bio, unless I can work in a couple upgrades :)
Being in engineering has it's pluses.

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 8:35 am
by bio
I tried like all hell for the geforce upgrade, but the boss wasn't buying it.

Actually... the video isn't too horrible. I'm running 1400x1050 at 32bit True Color at 85Hz refresh. It's capable of much higher (it just gets kina tiny when you go up).

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 11:27 am
by eddiecanuck
bio wrote:It's capable of much higher (it just gets kina tiny when you go up).
Why am I finding so much humor in these quotes today?