This makes a lot of sense because a company with a decent size it infrastructure team probably gets its windows licenses directly from Microsoft so there is tha

This makes a lot of sense because a company with a decent size it infrastructure team probably gets its windows licenses directly from Microsoft so there is that perverse incentive for Lenovo Thinkpads and the likes to make the sticker price high so procurement can look good when they negotiate the sticker price down to sane amounts.