They are rare (and it's hard to google for them..) but I got one in the summer of 2016 for just under 5000 PLN (about 1400-1500 USD and that already includes 23% Polish VAT)[0].

[0] - https://www.x-kom.pl/p/293547-notebook-laptop-156-msi-pe60-6...

They are pretty rare. Been looking for one myself for a while now.

There are others, inclusing Lenovo and Systems76. They’re all top of the line though, same price levels as the Dell you mention.

And I personally won’t buy Lenovo.

I bought my new work laptop from System76 in January this year with 32 GB RAM for around $1800 (including VAT paid upon importing the device into the EU). They are one of the few vendors that make it simple to configure a laptop with 32 GB RAM.

Their XPS line also has 32gb

I guess that XPS model is region limited? It's not showing up for me in the Netherlands. (Or their filter function is broken.)