[plug] SME PC hardware linux supplier?

[Brock Woolf]

On 09/11/2004, at 10:55 PM, skribe wrote:
>
> I ran Mac for several years.  One reason I'm unlikely to move back is 
> the high
> entry costs (I can get a barebones ix86 system for $700 or less - 
> including
> monitor) and the poor upgradability of desktop systems.
>
> Sure a $5000 G5 may compare favorably with a $5000 Dual-Xeon
> but I can't start
> with a $700 system and upgrade it over 6 months to get to that level 
> with a
> Mac.  Just for income tax purposes alone Mac hardware is a 
> disadvantage as I
> can write-off every ix86 upgrade under $1000 as an expense (effectively
> meaning a new computer EVERY YEAR) where as I'm forced to depreciate 
> the Mac
> over several years.   As a business owner that's a pretty big 
> incentive to
> avoid Mac.

Well if tax advantages are what you are after, then flexirent the Apple.
Then if you flexirent it you can upgrade your machine and claim it on 
tax.
Same principal as leasing a car.
Weigh up your options, go speak to an accountant and see what they tell
you.

Brock