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    Cost Analysis Calculator

    Deciding if you should buy something expensive? Looking at JUST the price doesn't make sense. Sometimes it's helpful to review the Cost-Per-Hour. Enter the cost and usage here:
    How much does it cost?
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    Hours used per day:

    New Phone $800  |  MacBook Pro $1,800  |  Porsche 911 $89,000

    If you use it for 1 year, it costs $1.46/hour

    If you use it for 2 years, it costs $0.73/hour

    If you use it for 3 years, it costs $0.48/hour

    If you use it for 4 years, it costs $0.36/hour

    If you use it for 5 years, it costs $0.29/hour

    If you use it for 6 years, it costs $0.22/hour

    If you use it for 7 years, it costs $0.19/hour

    If you use it for 8 years, it costs $0.16/hour

    If you use it for 9 years, it costs $0.14/hour

    If you use it for 10 years, it costs $0.15/hour

     

    How this cost analysis works:

    Let's say I already have a computer, but I'm deciding if I should buy a brand new MacBook Pro laptop. That's an $1,800 investment....yeesh :-/

    buy-a-new-macbook-pro-cost


    Now that $1,800 price tag might cause some sticker shock, but what if we ran this through our Cost Analysis Calculator to figure out the cost-per-hour?

    MacBook Pro cost = $1,800.
    Hours used per day = 8 hours.
    Years will use this for = 3 years.

    We'll use this formula for our calculation:
    cost per hour formula


    *NOTE* We use 300 days per year instead of 365 to account for weekends and days off.

    Now we plug all the numbers into the formula, and get this:

    Cost Per Hour = [COST] / ([Hours Per Day] x [300 days] x [Years])

    ....which translates to....

    $0.25 = [$1,800] / ([8] x [300 days] x [3])


    This shows us that if we use this Macbook Pro for 8 hours a day, for 300 days a year, for 3 years.....this computer actually only costs $0.25 per hour!!!!

    Running the numbers through the calculator above instantly shows you how much it costs per year to operate:
    cost-per-hour-macbook-pro


    If your laptop is one of the main tools you use to produce work, then this $1,800 laptop is actually very cheap!



    Let's Buy Something More Expensive:

    Now let's say we wanna buy a Porsche 911. It costs about $89,000 and it's pretty sweet!
    porsche-stick-man


    Now there's nothing wrong with buying a fancy car, but let's run it through the cost-per-hour calculator:

    Cost Per Hour = [COST] / ([Hours Per Day] x [300 days] x [Years])

    ....which translates to....

    $98 per hour= [$89,000] / ([1] x [300 days] x [3])


    This means assuming we drive the car for 1 hour a day, for 3 years....it still costs $98 an hour to operate. Yikkees....

    But let's say you drive the car 4 hours per because you drive in a lot of traffic. Over the 3 years the Porsche 911 comes down to just $24/hour to operate.

    However if you bought a reasonably priced used car for $25,000 and drove it the same, it would only cost $7/hour.



    So if you're deciding to buy something, run it through this Cost Analysis Calculator to figure out the Cost Per Hour first. The results are very helpful in deciding!



    Sincerely,
    Neville Medhora - Cost Analyzer & Copywriter

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