So many people trying to justify the macbook price aha, yes it is a great machine and yes it looks beautiful and the customer service for the most part is great but thats why you pay so much money for it. You can get a just as good laptop for around £600 (the ASUS Zenbook UX305 comes to mind) and people who complain about the battery life after 3-4 years on a windows laptop guess what, its going to happen to the mac too. Batteries degraded over time and over charges thats a fact, and I think apple rate their batteries for 1000 cycles which basically means 1000 charges but you'll have to check that.
As for its perfect for a student, yes it is but thats because most students dont do anything that intensive on their laptops so most laptops will be able to handle it.