Hi /r9k/

I'd like to surprise my brother by buying him the laptop he's got his heart set on, but I'm worried it might be too grand a gesture and set him down the wrong attitude path.

He's 16, I'm 25. He's not a douchebag, we get along like best friends, which in itself is rare according to some people I know. He works hard in school and is doing really well, he has lots of good friends and a nice gf he's had for over a year. He's good with computers and web design and the laptop he wants is a high spec model which will really, really help him in his studies for years to come.

Enough of that, here's my problem - I'm worried it could somehow make him spoiled/damage his sense of financial worth somehow.

He doesn't have a job yet - he wants one though, but since we live in a rubbish village there's nowhere local taking new recruits. He is saving for this laptop himself with chore /Christmas/birthday money but he's got so far to go it's unrealistic for him to get it without help. I do buy him lunch and dinner practically every week but I always refuse his offers to pay.

My parents think I'm being over generous and disapprove, but they're both fucking skinflints and I've always been a impulsive type. Right now my brother and I spend weekends together and it's awesome, but I'm worried he might change somehow if I do this for him. He's never showed any sign of having such a personality flaw but then again no-ones ever spoiled him so much.

The laptop is £1500. The make and model is irrelevant; you only need to know it's a months wages for me and I already have £900 set aside comfortably.

Thanks for reading, what's your input?