Financing a computer. Anyone ever done it?

[BOX]

These offers are usually for "qualified buyers" aka having good credit history

& terminally ill people

[Magilla]

i already gave you my .02 about secure credit cards

[Magilla]

oh forgot i wanted to use this

[HeavyMetal]

lawl

cant run final cut pro on my PC




yes i know its "possible" but you guys lol

[grundlepunch]

buy the mac yet?

[Mike]

These offers are usually for "qualified buyers" aka having good credit history

ive had interest free the first time i bought my computer and more recently when i bought my canon

[Saharicon]

i thought we had a long conversation about this william?

[HeavyMetal]

i thought we had a long conversation about this william?

we did but i forgot a lot of it

plus youre at king of the kandahar right now

[OWEN]

Hey Will, I read your original post, and didn't go on to reading the next few pages, but the computer I am on right now (Dell Inspiron Laptop) is financed through Best Buy. I am actually still paying for it! You have to get their card and when you buy an item over $500 they give you 18 months to pay it back with no interest charges. However if it is not payed off in 18 months I think they whack you with all the interest from the purchase date. The minimum payment is $10 a month, I figure out if I pay $50 a month it will be payed off in 18 months. I did it to build credit.

[Danksters]

I really want/need to finance a new quad core imac soonish i think.

Problem is, ive never really done something like this before. Is there a benefit to using a retailer, such as say, best buy? as opposed to apple direct? (forgive me if this is retarded, i am fawking clueless)

has anyone used them before for this purpose? I know Mike has...

with that said, i will likely be denied as i have little credit, but i can use one of my parents as a go-through probably if i need to.....i think

What are you using this computer for? Video editing, ect?

Also, what is your need for a new box? Are you bogging down too much during video processing or rendering?

I don't know...I would be wary about financing a computer that will be relatively obsolete in 2-3 years.

[HeavyMetal]

What are you using this computer for? Video editing, ect?

Also, what is your need for a new box? Are you bogging down too much during video processing or rendering?

I don't know...I would be wary about financing a computer that will be relatively obsolete in 2-3 years.

Video editing solely, and because you cant run Final Cut Pro 7 on anything but an intel based chip Mac, which are the brand new ones

[Danksters]

Video editing solely, and because you cant run Final Cut Pro 7 on anything but an intel based chip Mac, which are the brand new ones

Ahh I see. I'm not giving you a hard time I'm just curious here. I have always seen A/V processing and workstation laptops as too much of a compromise. You pay such a premium for them to cram all that computing power into a portable device. Why not get a desktop and save some money? or do you feel the need to edit when you're out and about is significant enough to warrant the extra cost?

Also, what model/specs mac are you looking at and how much is it?

[HeavyMetal]

Ahh I see. I'm not giving you a hard time I'm just curious here. I have always seen A/V processing and workstation laptops as too much of a compromise. You pay such a premium for them to cram all that computing power into a portable device. Why not get a desktop and save some money? or do you feel the need to edit when you're out and about is significant enough to warrant the extra cost?

Also, what model/specs mac are you looking at and how much is it?

oh it isnt a laptop lol...

this is what im shooting for in this thread:

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/hom...co=MTAyNTQzNjA

the 27" quad core one at the end

what i TRULY want is a Mac Pro desktop, but its 17 quadrillion dollars

[Danksters]

oh it isnt a laptop lol...

this is what im shooting for in this thread:

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/hom...co=MTAyNTQzNjA

the 27" quad core one at the end

what i TRULY want is a Mac Pro desktop, but its 17 quadrillion dollars

Ha ha, then check this out:

My boss just informed me that they are getting me a sick workstation to do large assembly modeling and dynamic simulation incorporating FEA using Autodesk Inventor 11 Professional Suite (cost for 1 seat: $7,500 ).

It's a Dell Precision T5500 with 2 Quad Core Xeon E5520's and a 1 GB Quadro FX3800, with 3 H/D's in a RAID config.

http://www.dell.com/us/en/business/d...00&s=bsd&cs=04

It won't technically be mine, but it should still be wonderful to work on compared to what I've used in the past.

That looks like a really nice Mac. Would you be staying with the base config.?