On the face of it, most people believe that buying IT equipment outright is the cheapest option. Unfortunately this is only appears true because they leave out the "hidden" costs of ownership; or assign no value to their own time.
Example System: Mac Pro
By way of example, we have taken a typical system used in a commercial creative or media environment and priced it accordingly.
SPECIFICATION
- Quad Core 2.6GHz
- 120GB Hard Drive
- 4Gb RAM
- GT120 Graphics Card
The following is an aproximation of the true costs of ownership for the various acquisition options and a comparision between them. Even for private individuals and Start-Ups, a Web Store cash purchase will not always be the best option, even if they have the cash to spare.
For businesses, it is the hidden costs that bloat the cost of cash purchase and add to the cost of ownership.
Web Store - Cash Price
- £1651 Cost of purchase
- £799 Corp Tax Liability
based on 25% Deprcnt' PA. @21% (aprox) - £199 AppleCare
No Guaranteed response, no loan stock, 1 Week Turnaround - How long can you afford to be without? - £50 Collection: Travel costs
- Less £350 Residual Value when sold on eBay
- £200 Top-Up support Costs
- £150
(5Hrs PA @£10/Hr) over 3 years. Value of your own time managing all the above * - £2050
Total cost of ownership
3-Year Lease
- £17.50 per week
- £0.00 Tax Liability
- Delivered
- Deposit required
- Fully warranted for the life of hire agreement
- Option to upgrade after 18 Months or outright purchase
- Support to Contract Hire levels, is extra.
- Less £350 Residual Value when sold on eBay
- £2380
Total cost of ownership
3-Year Contract Hire
- £52.44 per month
- £0.00 Tax Liability
- Deposit Required
- Delivered, Installed & Commissioned
- Fully Supported, including:
- Remote Support
- 8Hrs On-Site Resp. Support
- Loan Equip after 8 Hrs
- Parts & Labour Inc
- Integra included - Asset managment
- Collected & De-Hired to WEEE directive standard
- £2045
Total Cost of Ownership
Call now on 0800 - 0188102 for a no-obligation quote.
The above prices are for illustration purposes only and assume you are registered for VAT. Contract Hire is based upon a 3+36 Month payment profile in line with industry standards.
* If you are a professional Mac user who charges less than £10 per hour please get in touch, we may want to use you !