Rent a MacBook for Less Than $3 a Day -- in France

Apple and French ISP Orange have reached an agreement to give users one pretty amazing deal. Get 1Mbps DSL and a spanking new rental MacBook for €60 ($79.50) a month. Oh, and it includes AppleCare coverage. The only catch? You have to sign a three-year service contract. Cyrus Farivar calcuates €35 per month going to […]
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Apple and French ISP Orange have reached an agreement to give users one pretty amazing deal. Get 1Mbps DSL and a spanking new rental MacBook for €60 ($79.50) a month. Oh, and it includes AppleCare coverage.

The only catch? You have to sign a three-year service contract. Cyrus Farivar calcuates €35 per month going to the MacBook. After 36 months, that's about €1,260 for a computer that you don't get to own long-term. Not quite a bargain. Now, if it were rent to own, I think I'd sign up myself...

And it's nice to see Apple and Orange together – just don't compare them, all right guys? I've heard that's bad.

Would you rent a MacBook for under three bucks a day – for three years? [Cyrus Farivar]

Via BoingBoing**.

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