I think that building custom no-brand desktops is a pretty acceptable cost cutting measure taken by some companies, so you could pitch it something like “we’re working with a company to build custom laptops exactly for what we need”, or if someone asks about it you can explain it ala “yes, we couldn’t get exactly what we needed so we build a completely custom fleet of laptops”.

Or ideal scenario, with a brand delete you slap a [company] sticker on it and nobody really notices that it’s not a Dell Latitude running Linux.

So you’d rather lie to them than to have a laptop from a company they may not know about?

Okay and what if you buy 20-50 of these in bulk.

Do they have on-site support like HP,Dell or Lenovo?

That might be an argument for desktops, but we're talking about a laptop.

Any suggestions how you’d sell something like this? Brand delete is all I have.

Unbranded laptops are something I'd also prefer, even though the corporate environment you're describing is very employee-hostile when it comes to technology choice. (Sorry about your situation.)

I know that Schenker sells some of their laptops with their logo on the laptop lid by default and offers a choice to remove the logo for an additional charge. Example (VIA 15 Pro): https://bestware.com/en/schenker-via-15-pro-m22.html

This option is possible because the laptop is a branded version of an ODM laptop (Tongfang PF5NU1G).

Yea random alixpress brand laptop. Sounds good lmao

Schenker is a German company. Like with all branded versions of ODM laptops (such as models from Tongfang and Clevo), customer support for Schenker laptops is handled by Schenker and not the ODM.

HP sells more laptops than Dell.