That's really good value for money. Though the Surface Pro 3 i3 at $799 wasn't a bad deal either. It only got ludicrous once you opted for the faster configurations.
Only possible issue is with the screen and touchpad sizes. Will have to try it out in real life to say for sure, but they seem a tad small for a laptop. I hated the 10.6 inch netbooks but found the 11.6 inch Macbook Air pretty tolerable.
The Atom x7 in this is really making a mockery out of the Core M processors that cost triple the price but don't really give much of a tangible boost in speed!
As for me getting one though... my partner who works at a fruit company that shall not be named would give me a rough time. So maybe I'll pass and stick to the iOS kyriarchy for now