Just go to their business line and filter by 8gb of ram. Lenovo shows 26 in their Thinkpad line.

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/c/laptops/thinkpad/?referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lenovo.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fthink%2F&visibleDatas=704%3A8%2520GB&sortBy=priceDown

A specific model for $1600:

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadp/thinkpad-p16-gen-2-(16-inch-intel)/len101t0069?visibleDatas=704%3A8%2520GB

Lenovo, HP and Dell all sell variants of their ‘professional’ business laptops with 8GB of RAM in the same price range as the base MBP.

Apple offering a wider range of configuration options makes the lineup MORE Pro, not less because business/enterprise customers WANT that flexibility.

The faux outrage at Apple - and only at Apple - is more than a little bit tiresome.