To Irish customers the offerings are almost identical to those available in the UK with the exception of the payment is in Euros (arranged via a Dublin office). HardSoft are an Authorised Apple Reseller for Ireland.   If you are interested to see what we can offer you standard online ordering can be done and you can contact us info@hardsoft.ie for all your Apple needs.

For anyone in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands then we can lease Apple Macs to businesses with little issue at all as long as you are an established company with 2 years trading history. The Lease warranty still works the same with us covering costs of collection, repair and return under the terms of your Lease.  Or you can go to your local Apple Store as all Macs have a worldwide warranty. We can have Keyboards changed to suit national requirement  at no extra costso we are well positioned to handle most concerns you might have from sourcing your new Apple kit from a UK Reseller.

European but not in Eire or Scandinavia – then contact sales@hardsoft.co.uk with your nationality and we will research the possibilities of leasing to your country.

WE ARE A ONE STOP SOLUTION

‘Flexi-Lease’ by HardSoft is the fusion of this and over 25 years experience  and is the unique alternative to the purchasing of your IT.

-       We include 3 years warranty and support and have our own team of engineers.

-       Guaranteed ownership at the end  for just £1.

-       The option to Upgrade and keep the old kit ! without paying anymore per month. We call it our ‘Two For One’ option and is exclusive to our lease schemes.

PC’s and Laptops are available to lease from Lenovo, Toshiba,  HP, Fujitsu and Sony. We are Authorised Resellers for these and many other PC manufacturers. Our Network solutions include HP Proliant Servers and all are installed and supported by our own team of certified engineers.  HardSoft  flexibility means we can offer leases from 1 to 4 years, monthly, quarterly or annual payments, by invoice or direct debit. We can defer payments, or can accept a deposit to reduce the future rental payments. Software and licensing can also be leased. Almost infinite options on the way you wish to structure the finance and payments and a choice of over 250 laptops or 35 All In Ones or 55 PC’s PLUS Apple Macs as well !

Finance is available to Start Ups and those with difficult credit scenarios. If you want a confidential chat for a frank view on whether leasing is available to you call us.

An Apple iPad 2 Lease from HardSoft Computers includes a full 3 year warranty and comprehensive insurance cover, which covers you from loss, theft and accidental damage. So whether you drop it on the floor or spill a glass of water on it, you are covered. Arguably the best tablet computer on the market at this current moment in time, with its high-tech specs and features such as iCloud, FaceTime and HD video recording, could the iPad 2 be the future of portable computing?

As an Apple iPad Authorised Reseller, the Apple iPad 2 is available on a Flexi-Lease from HardSoft Computers.The iPad 2 is available on the same Flexi-Lease as all other Apple Mac equipment, with the 2 year RETURN, RETAIN, RENEW option. Just to detail the reality of our flexibility, after 24 months you can RETURN the equipment and cancel the agreement. You can also RENEW into a new lease; we will contact you and offer you the Mac at a similar rental cost. You can RETAIN the equipment at the expiry of the lease for a one off fee of £1 to pay.

HardSoft Computers can also offer the iPad 2 on a shorter lease term. For example, you can take a 1 year lease on the iPad 2, and just return it at the expiry of the lease; it’s as simple as that. With all options available and starting at only £4.55 per week (including warranty and insurance), please give us a call on 01279 718 693. Discounts start for 2 or more units.

A more powerful option is the HP Elite 7300 Mini Tower… The HP 7300 boasts a Quad Core i7 processor with a 1TB Hard Drive and up to 32GB RAM. If you are in the design or CAD industry, we also have machines to suit you!

The Lenovo Thinkstation E30 Mini Tower for example, comes with the brand new 2nd Generation Xeon processor and up to 32GB RAM- with a choice of graphics cards. The range of HP Graphics Workstations that also feature the Nvidia Maximus graphics can be leased.

All, plus Apple Macs, are available on a Lease from HardSoft Computers;  with our unique 18 month upgrade option, whereby you can upgrade your equipment to brand new equipment, halfway through your lease whilst keeping your existing machines!  You can retain your equipment at the expiry of your lease for a fixed fee of £1. Leasing from HardSoft is essentially an all inclusive option that is great for cash flow but also tax efficient.

As is common in the industry finance funders can be uncomfortable leasing more Software than 20% of the total value of an order meaning you can’t always get every user in your office the latest Mac or PC with the most up to date design software.

At HardSoft thanks to the special relationship we share with our funders we can offer at least 50% software leasing for New starts, Sole Traders and Partnerships, allowing you to ensure every one of your new Apple  iMac’s, Servers or PC’s  can be leased with its very own copy of Adobe CS5.5 Design Premium for example. Its £9.50 per week on a three year lease. It’s not just a ‘ boxed ‘ product we can lease but also software licensing as well. Microsoft MOLP licensing is available for any Microsoft software including Windows Server.

To take this further if you are a 3 Year trading company there is a good chance we can offer you a 100% Software lease, so if those Quark xPress and Adobe Licenses just aren’t in the budget for 2012 but a new project dictates you have it call us today about Software leasing and see how we can help.

HardSoft Computers are Approved Resellers of Adobe, Quark, Nemetschek (Vectorworks), Microsoft, Kerio, Apple , Sophos and Avid to name but a few…HardSoft are a one stop shop for the supply and leasing of your new software. Not sure if we provide what you are looking for email ryan@hardsoft.co.uk

The Sony Vaio L22Z1E is a favourite to lease  at HardSoft; with a 24” Full HD LED Touchscreen display and wireless keyboard and mouse. However, as it boasts so much in design, you may ask the question “does it lose performance?” Well the answer to that is, no it doesn’t. With a 1TB Hard Drive, Blu-Ray and 1GB Graphics Card, the Sony Vaio L22Z1E offers amazing design AND i7 performance. At £13.50 per week on a Flexi-Lease from HardSoft Computers, it would be rude not to!

An alternative and a cheaper All In One option would be the Lenovo All-in-One machines, M71Z (20″ screen) and M90Z (23″ Touch screen). Starting at £5.25 per week on a three year lease these are either Core i3 and Core i5 processors and 4GB Ram as a minimum, these are more of your ‘office’ type All-in-One machines with Windows 7 professional. Beware cheaper All in Ones do NOT feature a Touch screen.

The ultimate AIO though is the Apple iMac and we can offer this with Windows 7 Professional. Many PC customers who need speed and style turn to the iMac running Windows 7 under Apple BootCamp or Parrallels Desktop. The Parallels 7 software with Windows 7 Professional and Intego Anti-Virus cover for both the Windows and Lion OS  is at £1.50 per week on a three year lease.

HardSoft also offer All in One PC’s from Samsung, Asus and the HP Pavilion. All are available on a Flexi-Lease from HardSoft computers, with our unique 18 month renewal and upgrade option, whereby you can upgrade your PC to a new PC, halfway through your lease whilst keeping your existing ! Leasing can make higher end computers more affordable, hence why our most popular units are generally the most expensive.

Also available as part of our lease options on Apple Macs is an option for an upgrade of the standard 3 years to Five years with the Loan Mac option at an additional £1.95 per week. This upgraded warranty is transferable should you sell your Apple Mac after the lease has finished. Note that for faulty iMacs we will be providing as a loan unit an Apple 17″ MacBook Pro with 8GB Ram. Loan Apple Macs will come with Office 2011 for Mac and Windows 7 Pro configured under Boot Camp and a 30 day use version of Adobe CS5.5 Design Premium – which is also available to lease incidentally.

If you need further details on this new Mac warranty option when leasing an Apple Mac then please contact us.HardSoft Computers has been established since 1984 and are an Apple Authorised Reseller that specialises in leasing of the entire range of Apple Macs, software and third party options over a three year period with flexible finance upgrades available. Insurance against damage/theft is also available on all Apple Macs.

The average interest rates being paid by businesses on their overdrafts was 3.46% in September 2011, the highest rate since Feb 2009, according to data from the Bank of England. The Euro crisis has sent average business overdraft rates shooting up to their highest level in nearly three years, despite stability in the central bank rates. Interest rates were especially difficult for small businesses which often have higher-than-average rates and can be hit with additional costs through arrangement and annual fees, as well as on-going management fees and potential penalty charges.

Banks are still failing to make other types of loan more widely available, making overdrafts the only form of business borrowing available from high street lenders which in turn has led to a greater uptake of leasing and asset finance. 40% of SMEs used leasing in 2010 while the 2011 figure is expected to reach 43%. In 2010, 16.7% of total SME investment was financed by leasing and it is expected to finish 2011 at nearly 19%. Unlike Bank borrowing;  leasing has only minor set up fees and the need for security is often non existant.

HardSoft Computers have over 25 years experience dedicated to leasing computers to small business and have seen an upturn in leasing during recessionary and difficult economic times. HardSoft are both the IT provider (Apple Authorised/HP Preferred) and the Licensed Credit Broker and as such are perfectly positioned to offer that alternative way of financing new Macs, PC’s or Servers..

The Epson Stylus Pro 7700 and 7890 use 5 colour ink cartridges, plus black and the Epson MicroPiezo printhead giving improved performance with greater durability. Optimised to work with Epson UltraChrome Ink with Vivid Magenta, it delivers perfectly accurate dots with virtually no misting. It also works with Epson Variable-sized Droplet Technology to produce droplets as small as 3.5 picolitres for perfect smoothness. The 24” Epson Stylus Pro 7700 is at £15.90 plus VAT per week with 3 years warranty. Perfect for eye catching point of sale, signs or accurate line drawings this range of printers suits the CAD user, school or a Sign maker.

Meanwhile the Epson Stylus Pro 9700 and 9890 use nine inks for even better quality and definition. Designed with the print needs of the commercial photography and fine art markets in mind, yet also representing a sound choice for the proofing market, the Stylus Pro 9700 and 9890 offers accurate colour reproduction with unbeatable productivity. The 44” Epson 9700 is at £24.80 plus VAT per week with three years warranty on a business lease.

Optional installation by a trained engineer can be included in the lease and all printers have a full 3 year warranty included. Leasing has various advantages to business users and as well as being great for cash flow offers tax advantages and a HardSoft lease offers options to upgrade as new technology comes along.

HardSoft are Apple Authorised Resellers and all can be bundled up in a tidy lease.

Kyocera have long-since recognised the Total cost of Ownership of office based printers to be a major issue. Over a typical printer’s life, thedifference in consumables costs between Kyocera’s printers and any of their competitors can amount to thousands of pounds.  Kyocera are so confident of this fact that they have developed a cost calculator for you to compare any of their range against comparable products from other manufacturers, have a look here.

As an example the based on 5000 prints per month with 20% being colour prints the Kyocera FS-C5400DN works out over £4000 cheaper compared to its HP alternative; the bulk of the saving being toner cost; the actual RRP of the Kyocera is £250 more expensive! The Kyocera FS-C5400DN is £13.80 plus VAT per week on a two year lease.

The entire Kyocera range is available from HardSoft computers on our flexible leasing options with our three favourite models on the website. We also offer an inclusive toner package which takes out the hassle of sourcing toner as well. Toners are delivered to you as you use them.

Please feel free to email our Kyocera specialist steve@hardsoft.co.uk