No Win 8.1 Pro Option at 1K Pricepoint & Yoga3 Performance

Post is basically feedback. I've purchased several Yoga 2's for customer deplyoments. All have been satisfied. Now I'm looking at one for myself and I can't buy one with Win 8.1 Pro version OS for under $1400 Yoga2 or $1500 Yoga3.
This was previously possible at a sub $1400 pricepoint. While purchasing from MS is an option for $89, its just silly that the product can't be purchased in this configuration from the manufacturer.  This makes recovery more complicated, since a recovery partition or media won't be for the OS you ultimately wanted or purchased. I guess I could use a 3rd party application, but simple is always nice.
I looked at a Yoga3 this week and am having problems justifyig the additional expense for an extra USB port, AC witreless, slightly better graphics and a CoreM570 processor which only has a lower TDP than the i7 in a Yoga2. it's base clock is full Ghz lower than a comperable i7 and max turbo is 600 Mhz less. While this is often relative based on the applications you run, you do need to be giving people more if you are going to charge a premium.  Both sport 4MB L2 cache, so what inspires the price increase? The watchband like hinge?
Battery life is another example of the 3's failure. 7.2 hrs (Y3) vs 9 (Y2) Respectable yes, but once again the Y3 comes up short, regardless if this is theoretical run time.
Everyone has an opinion and this is mine. Not asking for anyone to to agree. I remain undecided on a Y2 or 3 purchase at this point for nothing more than the OS offering which I need for work.  If the performance and value warranted the steep price increase, this would be an easy decision, but it's just not there. Come on Lenovo...   You want to be taken seriously, right?
Thanks,
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