I love that — “Pricey” — and yet nothing else comes close. Yeah, I can see how it should cost no more than a bottle of pasteurized not-from-concentrate orange juice. :’)
On MacRumors a guy was touting a Toshiba laptops with similar specs that was less than a grand. I checked the comments section on his link and battery life was listed by one user at around two hours. Another said he knocked off a star because there was a ton of adware on it. A third said the keyboard was not comfortable. Case was plastic. It had a ton of ports on the sides. I’d probably use one or two of them at most.
Same old argument that’s gone on forever. Is it worth the extra money for the better ergonomics and touches? Does the longer life span make up for the extra money? Each user has to make his or her own decisions.