Definitely an exaggeration :) , but they asked for it when they effectively dressed up mid-range specs in a thinner, colored chassis in an attempt to pass this thing off as being anywhere near high-end.
Every absence in the reasonable expectations of this laptop's functionality (e.g. USB-C) screams "we wanted to be able to say it cost under a grand, so we scratched that off the list".
Haha, exactly. I think Microsoft is on the right track though, they are actually making an effort to launch a real competitor to the macbook, although they didn't nail it first time. If this was 8gb ram and had 1 usb I really wouldnt have any problem with this price point.