Usually I’d vouch for the kid cause I’ve been in his shoes, but then I read that you can’t afford it. Yeah, he’s trying to take advantage of your lack of knowledge on laptops. That is an extremely top of the line gaming laptop. He wants to play games on it, not do schoolwork.
That being said, you can still get him a good gaming laptop for much less. Here is a good one that I’m sure he’ll like. He will be able to both play games and do schoolwork on it:
Again, be advised that his main priority with getting this laptop seems to be gaming, so make sure he’s still getting his schoolwork done.