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Sure, but if I can lease today's equipment for a short time, and then upgrade to tomorrow's equipment, and get the better performance, that might work out in my favor. I'm not out the full cost of the equipment today, needing to amortize that over 15 years.

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You're paying for the full cost of today's equipment either way, the difference is that with the lease, once you reach the end of the lease term you have the choice of either throwing it in the trash or paying the cost of a new system to keep what you've already paid for once.

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