It’s cheaper to lease a car vs buying a car when comparing over a 5 year span if you get a loan to buy the car. Please don’t say it’s cheaper to buy because you get to use the car well past 5 years. Else, I can say the same for any house on the market today. You can live in the house until you die.
If you don’t need a car, it’s cheaper to rent a seat on a subway to get to work everyday, instead of buying a subway system.
It’s cheaper to rent DVD from Netflix vs buying all the DVD you would be watching.
It’s cheaper to rent (subscription service) music (Zune pass, etc) vs buying all the music (iTune, etc).
It’s cheaper to rent a space in the server farm vs buying and maintaining your own server farm.
It’s cheaper to rent a storage space vs buying and maintaining your own storage space.
