Subj : Re: Framework laptop
To : Gamgee
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Mon Nov 24 2025 08:01 am
-=> Gamgee wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Ga> What exactly is an "off-lease" laptop, and where would you find one?
Companies used to buy laptops every couple of years. For tax purposes,
they were capital expenses that would need to be depreciated against the
cost of the laptop over 3-5 years. That meant, every 3-5 years you had
to plan for an expense to replace them.
Instead, a lot of companies lease their laptops. It changes the cost
from a big hit every 3 years to a monthly cost, which makes it easier to
allocate per employee. I can tell departments that each employee will
cost you X$$/month for a laptop and a Microsoft Office 365 license
instead of having them budget $2000 or so every couple of years.
The other nice thing is that after 3 years, you can either buy the
laptop for fair market value, or $1, depending on how you structured the
lease. Or, you can return it. What we do is structure a FMV lease which
costs less, then roll the laptop lease into a new lease after 3 years.
Employee gets a new laptop, costs stay the same, and there's no big
expense every couple of years.
What happens to those laptops that get returned? They get refurbished
and sold to resellers. Most 3-4 year old Lenovo Thinkpads, Dell Latitude
laptops and Optiplex laptops you see for sale were business leases that
were returned and sold off.
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