Plenty of laptops strive to be a great Windows alternative to Apple’s MacBooks. It’s a tough bar to clear, but the business-oriented HP EliteBook X Flip G2i 14 AI is a good competitor.

The problem is price, of course, as it is with all business laptops. Let’s get into how much this monstrosity costs. HP sent us the HP EliteBook X Flip G2i 14 AI, outfitted with an Intel Core Ultra X7 358H processor, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. That costs a ridiculous $3,499, and normally I would condemn such a thing for its price-to-performance ratio, but this product is not for the average consumer—it’s priced high because businesses can buy it in bulk.…