Have you considered renting a computer or audio video gear lately? Do you have a meeting, project, trip, etc that requires some new gear you do not own?  If you like to try out a new Mac or digital camera without making the full commitment, renting is a great solution.   No need to spend thousands of dollars for a temporary need.

• Meetingtomorrow.com rents computers, audio, and video gear and only charges $49 round trip shipping. Renting a MacBook Pro for a week is $255.
• BorrowLenses.com rents high end digital camera equipment in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• rentcycle.com aggregates rental company listings

New community-based rental websites for sharing good between people, at a price, have been set up.

• Zilok helps rent equipment by consolidating listings
• Rentalic.com lets you borrow or rent out items
• Share some sugar helps you borrow from neighbors
• Snap goods.com helps you connect with others to borrow or rent items
• neighborgoods.net is based in San Francisco and also lets you borrow belongings