<p>I wouldn’t pull 2k out of your college fund to buy a laptop. If you were really wealthy and you could just charge it on your credit card and your parents wouldn’t notice, then it would be fine. But this is important money. You can get many good laptops for <$1000 just look online for good deals. Pricey laptops don’t last any longer than cheap ones. Breaking the laptop is a bigger risk than the machinery becoming obsolete.</p>