Yeah, pretty much.
Plus, he's gonna match every dollar I have to buy a laptop if I do good on the SATs.
I think that's great! You have a very understanding father.
Admireable.

So, are you keeping tabs on the new PCs out there? I'd check into the ones that intrest you and keep an eye on the sales in the stores via fliers and Sunday Circulars.
Personally, I went with Emachine's Media Center, where you have loads of memory, a decently sized hard drive and enough speed to run RCT 3 without much lag at all. Of course, the first thing I did was get the memory cards upgraded to the maximum. That helped a LOT. (Oh and yeah, my dad helped pay for it too!)
Good luck with your search for the perfect PC!