$1427.05

$1427.05 is all that stands between me and the computer of my dreams.

I could spend a couple hundred upgrading my current Dell desktop. New
ram. External hard drive. New video card. New monitor.

I could spend 1299 + tax getting the apple MacBook.

Or I could be practical and spend $700 or so on a perfectly good Dell
laptop that will work just fine for what I need. (my iPhone shudders
at the thought.)

But I don't want to be practical.