Notebook Rentals for Work and Play

Think about going on vacation with a couple of teenagers. Last winter, a colleague took his two teenage boys on a driving vacation down to Florida. They took their time and spent 2 days in a van driving. Ipods and car road games only go so far, so my colleague rented 2 notebooks for his teens. Their trip was much more peaceful, as they could play computer games, watch their own movies, and even surf the internet, thanks to wireless connections. It might not be your idea of a great time, but for these two boys and their parents, it meant peace in the car and entertainment for the kids, which was well worth the cost of the notebook rentals. If you get creative or think to yourself that you wish you could bring your computer somewhere, but you have a desktop computer and it is not worth buying a laptop for the week or two you are away, perhaps this is the time to think about a rental.

Notebook Rentals at Work

There are many situations where notebook rentals will serve a working situation, from the small business owner who needs a short-term portable solution to training in a large corporation. Here are some situations that call for notebook rentals:

- Checking out new technology: your company is in need of new notebook computers, but doesn’t know which one will serve its needs the best. Instead of buying and finding out that your new machines don’t fulfill your needs afterwards, renting will allow you to do a trial run.
- Repairs: when your own computer is out for repairs for several days or weeks, instead of doing without one, consider renting instead.
- Replacement: your computer is broken and needs to be replaced, but the replacement will take a few days to arrive, a rental can be a good stop-gap measure so that you don’t lose productivity in the interim.
- Travel: although sales staff and other personnel who travel regularly will need notebooks of their own, most staff members do not require the flexibility of a notebook. That said, on the rare occasion when a staff member who normally stays in the office must travel for business purposes notebook rentals will be an inexpensive solution to the problem.
- Training: small or large corporate classrooms can be put together with notebook rentals.
- Short term employees: notebook rentals are an option when supplying short term employees with computers for their jobs.

The Benefits of Renting Over Leasing

Leasing is a longer term solution, where renting your notebooks is a short term solution for short term problems. Renting is a cheaper option, with fewer conditions, for a shorter term. Over a longer term, a lease will be a cheaper option, but for a business or personal situation that lasts days or weeks, a lease may fill your needs perfectly.

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