how much to charge for PC rental?

[mit74]

Does anyone rent out PC's with IT support and what would the typical contract length and costs be?

 

[columbo]

Not sure that this is a good market to be in TBH.

I am sure there might be some dynamic at play where you can hire specialised or high-end I.T. equipment and do so at a decent profit.

 

[Billmccallum]

With most machines they would be obsolete within 3 years, so you need to recover the purchase price plus profit over the life of the machine....say £350 for a reasonable quality machine, £350 to recover purchase price and £350 for profit....£1050 over 3 years = £29 per month (roughly).

You could be generous and just go for cost + profit - £700 over 3 years + £20 per month.

Personally I would go with first figure as you need to adjust for non-hired periods and repairs/renewals.

 

[leemason]

Most companies that I know who rent PC and server system tend to amortise them over a 2 year period. PC systems become virtually worthless pretty quickly these days.

 

[InTheCloud]

We provide leasing for a few of our customers. Mostly thin clients so not very expensive. We don't really make a profit on the leasing as we don't have access to a lot hardware laying around. I don't see much in it if you're just a middle man. Okay profit margins (over time) if you have access or the need to buy bulk hardware and assemble it yourself. Just a quantities game if I'm honest. Something we only look into if our customers really need it. Have a look here leasemecomputers.co.uk

 

[astutiumRob]

It very much depends on what the machine is for - there's a huge difference between the cost and lifetime of a gaming rig to a mostly-browsing home PC ...

With most machines they would be obsolete within 3 years

I think 3 years is highly optimistic - 24 months at the outside.

say £350 for a reasonable quality machine,

You need to add in the cost of screen, keyboard, mouse and so on, if you get much change from 750 I'd be suprised.

The better question to ask, if why they'd 'rent' one from you rather than get one direct from a manufacturer/box-shifter who may well offer 0% credit or leasing options.

 

[GB Showplates]

Does anyone rent out PC's with IT support and what would the typical contract length and costs be?

Can you elaborate on what you mean by IT support? If you are providing routine network maintenance for example, it is likely that the value of the support services will far outweigh that of the actual hardware leasing each month.

 

[SaltireTelecom]

We lease computers, laptops, Phones, Photocopiers and etc to Businesses.

Computer -
Basic set-up inc Screen and keyboard and etc with Windows Office Installed - £27 a month
Mac - From £45 a month.

All our Computers are priced so you can own the Computer by the end of the lease where some you never own them and all our computers include a 24/7 Remote Fix & 24hour Call out Fix time.

 

[columbo]

We lease computers, laptops, Phones, Photocopiers and etc to Businesses.

our computers include a 24/7 Remote Fix & 24hour Call out Fix time.

Do people not abuse this?

 

[SaltireTelecom]

The 24/7 Remote Fix Service is just using our Technical Team and its included in monthly costs

The 24 hour call out for fix on site is of course charged at higher price and not everybody has this. We offer 4 types of fix services.

Option 1 - Three working day response from date of fault being logged
Option 2 - Two working days
Option 3 - 24 hour fix
Option 4 - 6 hour rapid fix