Canadian goods are often still marked up, I find, even though the Canadian dollar reached parity with the US dollar a long time ago. Fortunately, it's relativel

Canadian goods are often still marked up, I find, even though the Canadian dollar reached parity with the US dollar a long time ago. Fortunately, it's relatively straightforward to get around that. Furthermore, you should keep in mind that you're not comparing two machines that are identical spec-wise. The Macbook Air has an i5 processor whereas the XPS 13 has an i7, and memory/storage-wise, the comparable Macbook Air would be the model that sells for $1499 in the US. In other words, in the US, the XPS 13 is comparable to the Macbook Air that seems to cost $1,699 when I enter in all the upgrades on Apple's website.