Hi braxton,
Good to see you ... ah now that is a stopper! There some excellent second hand MacBooks on Ebay or similar. I have two MacBooks, both bought used - one is a 2011 and my newer one is a Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015. Both are great machines, especially as they both have SSD HD - which I recommend for ALL PC and Mac users to double their speed over standard HD performance!

Keep well :D