That may be true, but my family only had my father working as a teacher. He got paid absolute crap for a very long time. Even a $400 computer was a huge stret

That may be true, but my family only had my father working as a teacher. He got paid absolute crap for a very long time. Even a $400 computer was a huge stretch for them. It was possibly the absolute best purchase they ever made for me as it sent me down the tech path, but they thought VERY long and hard about it.