Actually price is starting to be a problem, for businesses in some EU countries. We have a tax law, that exactly specifies what you can expense as a tax-admitt

Actually price is starting to be a problem, for businesses in some EU countries. We have a tax law, that exactly specifies what you can expense as a tax-admitted OPEX during a year, and what you must depreciate over several years as CAPEX. For laptops, the amount is below 1700 EUR (without VAT, so that makes it 2040 EUR with 20% VAT) and the duration of depreciation is 4 years. No way most businesses are going do depreciate laptops for 4 years, unless there's a very pressing business need. The recent 200 EUR price hike severely limits the useful configurations available.