Originally Posted by moondog

IMO, it's unreasonable to compel the hotel to reimburse the OP for a new laptop, simply because depreciation schedules are typically 5 years or less (i.e. from the moment we start using them, they lose value rapidly). On the other hand, the OP clearly needs a working computer in order to perform his job functions, rather than a check that covers 40% of the cost of a new computer. As such, I'm thinking there is probably a middle ground solution that would work for both parties. For example, the OP's computer might have cost $1000 two years ago, but these days $600 computers are on par with --if not better than-- $1000 computers from 2017.