Apple "Upgrade" - their leasing program

[jbltecnicspro]

Just noticed that Apple has a new lease program. Fully prepared to hate on it and cite it as another "you vill eat ze bugs"... I did the maths on it and yeah, I honestly cannot find fault in it.

MacBook Air 15inch with 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage is $43.96 per month for 36 months ($1582.56) and around $1500 total ownership for 24 months of lease. You obviously have to turn it back in at the end and then you get a new device and pay the new lease term I believe. For personal usage? Eh... maybe? For professional use? Oh yeah, I could see this being a hit.

If you like upgrading your machines and staying current then (for now at least) your costs are lower.

 

[Aurelius]

Just noticed that Apple has a new lease program. Fully prepared to hate on it and cite it as another "you vill eat ze bugs"... I did the maths on it and yeah, I honestly cannot find fault in it.

MacBook Air 15inch with 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage is $43.96 per month for 36 months ($1582.56) and around $1500 total ownership for 24 months of lease. You obviously have to turn it back in at the end and then you get a new device and pay the new lease term I believe. For personal usage? Eh... maybe? For professional use? Oh yeah, I could see this being a hit.

If you like upgrading your machines and staying current then (for now at least) your costs are lower.

This makes the most sense for the iPhone as that's a frequent upgrade device. After that... yes, you're more likely to subscribe if you're a pro who can benefit from a new machine every few years (especially in the AI era, where raw compute matters a great deal).

The wild part is that you can lease an Apple Watch. If you can rationalize a smartwatch in the first place, you probably aren't worried about the upfront price.