Apple, Y U So Expensive?

I need a new computer so bad. Doris (my lovely PowerBook) is on her last leg after seven long years together so I've been looking for a new one. I had totally forgotten how much they cost! I applied for financing, though the limit I was given wasn't near enough for a new compy like the one I want. I can afford the Air, but it doesn't have the disc drive. It shouldn't matter since I rarely used the one I had on Doris before my mother dropped her and broke the fan and the drive.

One more thing to save for after I get my next root canal, crown, and bridge, I suppose!