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George Tasick · February 27th, 2010, 07:43 AM

Hey Everyone,

Can anyone give me a lead on a good place to rent some MacBook Pros for a project?

I know I can just Google it but I thought maybe one of you would have some experience with a good rental house.

Thanks,

George

Reed Hewitt · March 4th, 2010, 09:10 AM

George, why rent a MacBook Pro when you can spend thousands of dollars and actually OWN one?!

Oops, sorry. The Apple fanboy in me flared up again. I would be taking my own advice if I had thousands of dollars lying around with nothing to do.

I don't have any experience renting an MBP, though. Good luck with your search.

Graeme Hay · March 6th, 2010, 08:17 AM

Given how fast technology moves, rather then trying to rent a MBP, why not buy a USED one. Chances are what a rental company will try to rent you is the older technology anyways and they will charge you like your renting a brand new state of the art machine.

Quick check of my local used site and $1250 is what I found for 2.4GHZ intel core 2 duo with 4GB of ram.

A rental of a 2.3GHz and only 2GB of Ram from the local pro camera store is $150 a day.

Case and Point: So unless your really only going to use your MBP for less than a week, buying a used one is the better deal.

Bryan Cantwell · March 6th, 2010, 12:58 PM

2 words. Mac Mini.

February 27th, 2010, 07:43 AM	#1
George Tasick Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Zelienople, PA Posts: 86	Renting MacBook Pros ... Hey Everyone, Can anyone give me a lead on a good place to rent some MacBook Pros for a project? I know I can just Google it but I thought maybe one of you would have some experience with a good rental house. Thanks, George

March 6th, 2010, 08:17 AM	#3
Graeme Hay Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 202	Given how fast technology moves, rather then trying to rent a MBP, why not buy a USED one. Chances are what a rental company will try to rent you is the older technology anyways and they will charge you like your renting a brand new state of the art machine. Quick check of my local used site and $1250 is what I found for 2.4GHZ intel core 2 duo with 4GB of ram. A rental of a 2.3GHz and only 2GB of Ram from the local pro camera store is $150 a day. Case and Point: So unless your really only going to use your MBP for less than a week, buying a used one is the better deal. __________________ Independent Filmmaker in Canada's Capital

March 4th, 2010, 09:10 AM	#2
Reed Hewitt Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 46	George, why rent a MacBook Pro when you can spend thousands of dollars and actually OWN one?! Oops, sorry. The Apple fanboy in me flared up again. I would be taking my own advice if I had thousands of dollars lying around with nothing to do. I don't have any experience renting an MBP, though. Good luck with your search.

March 6th, 2010, 12:58 PM	#4
Bryan Cantwell Major Player Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Terre Haute, IN Posts: 277	2 words. Mac Mini.