A few years ago, equipping a new team was a routine line in the budget. Today, many procurement teams open a vendor quote and pause. The same laptop that cost a certain amount last year now costs noticeably more, and the desktop quotes are not far behind. For a business that needs ten, thirty, or a hundred devices, that
If your procurement team has priced out new laptops recently and felt a jolt at the quote, it is not your imagination, and it is not a one-off vendor markup. 2026 has turned into one of the most volatile years for computer hardware pricing in over a decade, and businesses that are still planning purchases the way they did
Ask most procurement teams what to rent for a new hire, and the default answer comes back almost automatically: a laptop. It is portable, it looks modern, and nobody wants to be the department still handing out desktops in a laptop-first world. The trouble is that this default gets applied to roles where it makes little sense, quietly costing
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