Did you see the pricing on the new Surface Pro laptops? I got an email from Best Buy today and checked. Much higher, like $2800 for the starting model. Apple uses top of the line parts so that what you buy will last for many years, and when you are done with it you can sell it to someone for 60 or 70 percent of what you paid for it. My PC laptops that I used to buy for $700 sell for $150 after 2 or 3 years.
Macbooks are a better value.