For a much lower price, actually. $1140: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MD231LL-13-3-Inch-VERSION/dp/B005CWJB5G http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MD231LL

For a much lower price, actually. $1140: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MD231LL-13-3-Inch-VERSION/dp/B005CWJB5G http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MD231LL-13-3-Inch-VERSIO... Or $1430 (still over a hundred dollars less) with twice as big of an SSD: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MD232LL-13-3-Inch-VERSION/dp/B00746YD24 http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MD232LL-13-3-Inch-VERSIO... This XPS does have 8GB RAM (versus 4), but that's the only big advantage that sticks out to me.