RE: Greenstreak vs. Lease

Joe:
A nice lady from IBM called me also about Greenstreak.  I was out of the
office, but she left a nice message.  Over the years I have purchased
several boxes.  2 new from IBM under the PID program.  I also leased one
in the PID program.  (I even traded a customer 2 cell phones for a model
600 he had sitting around).  When the lease on my 170 ran out, I kept it
around for about 4 more months, but the monthly lease went up by about
50%.  The leased machine restricted me from offering commercial services
on that box.  So I bought a used 720 to replace the 170.  I am not sure
what is the best strategy, but I figure for what I paid for the 720, I
can ditch it in 3 years or so and move to another slightly used box.
cjg

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I'm just looking for input here.  I've been leasing a model 270 under
the developer's program for a little while now, and I just got a call
from a nice lady at IBM who wanted to tell me about Greenstreak.

I'm just wondering what everyone considers the pros and cons of the two
programs.  Is it worth it to move from the developer program to
Greenstreak? Which machine is covered under Greenstreak?  I've got a
little 270-2250, which it seems to me would still be cheaper to buy
straight up than go to the Greenstreak model, even after the discount.

What I'm considering is possibly buying a machine on Greenstreak, using
it to get current on V5R2, and then returning the other box when the
lease runs out.  From a cashflow perspective, this is the worst of all
worlds, but it's got the benefit of a short-term duplication of
resources and a clean migration path to V5R2.

Joe