how old are you anyways? i mean like asking your parents for something expensive that you NEED for university or college or whatever is one thing, but asking for something that expensive because you want it is completely different. my parents helped me out paying for my macbookpro, it was partly my birthday present, and grad present, and i had to use scholarship money i got to go towards it, even then i still felt guilty asking for a $2700 computer, and i need it for school.