Since the Canadian site does not include the new products yet (and since the article quotes US prices), I decided to price out similar models from Microsoft and Apple.

13 inch Surface laptop - i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD - $2199 USD

13 inch MacBook Pro - i7, 16GB RAM, 512 SSD - $2499 USD

There are some relatively minor differences between the two devices hardware-wise, but otherwise they are comparable.

The MacBook ships within 3 days. The Surface ships on August 15th!

Expect new devices from Apple before then.