It costs 1,100eur for the cheapest model where I'm at. Not prohibitively expensive, but I would never pay it for a machine that does not properly run Linux. I'm sure it is good hardware compared to similarly priced laptops though.
It's sort of worth noting though that when Microsoft is presented with an option for blocking out Linux installation: they take it.[0]
When Apple are presented with an option for allowing Linux, they take it.[1]
The major difference here is OEMs, and that Apple has no OEMs.
We're essentially giving Microsoft the moral high ground even though they do nothing to earn it.
[0]: https://www.mickaelwalter.fr/linux-on-surface-rt/#:~:text=Al...
[1]: https://asahilinux.org/about/#:~:text=Apple%20allows%20booti...
I find comments like this a little puzzling. Apple products run MacOS. The operating system is part of the package. And yet someone always shows up to say they would never buy it because of the operating system… it would be like me showing up on a post about an android phone and saying I would never buy it because it won’t run iOS.