When people compare computers, it's almost always apples (no pun intended) to oranges. You simply cannot compare two machines from two different categories solely by price. Yes, you may get more horsepower from a huge desktop setup, but that won't do people like myself any good, because I move around a lot and I'm better off with less power in a smaller format for the same price. Ultrabooks and the likes are also no gaming machines and were never intended to be, and what you pay for goes into craftsmanship and quality before raw power. So people who buy a Surface Laptop, buy it because it serves their purposes, which is likely not gaming, but rather materials, battery time, screen quality, design, etc.