but there are a number of places that rent Mac's to businesses. Probably only found in large cities though.
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Other then going to an actual store like the Apple store or a best buy. Does Apple offer any type of test drive program, where you can sort of rent a machine try it for a certain amount of time and return it back to Apple. I am interested in a Macbook but I would love a chance to explore the hardware and more importantly Mac OS 10 before taking the plunge into switching from a Windows based enviroment to a Macintosh in at least my laptop.

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