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15" Macbook Pro with or without Retina?

I finally decided to get a new MacBook Pro in a few weeks and now I can't decide between the Retina Display or the regular MacBook Pro. I use my macbook for personal use, photo editing (not professionally but I do use Adobe Lightroom & CS5 programs), MS Office, and general everyday use. Suggestions? These are the two configurations I'm considering, but am open to opinions to change the configurations:

15" MacBook Pro

$2,399

2.6GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
1TB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
MacBook Pro 15-inch Hi-Res Antiglare Widescreen Display

15" MacBook Pro with Retina Display

$2,999

2.6GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
512GB Flash Storage

Is it worth the extra $600 for the Retina (which coincidently is how much I will be selling my current MacBook Pro for)? If so, why?

Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Aug 2, 2012 12:34 PM

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Mini-Mac

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818 points

Aug 3, 2012 11:09 AM in response to jojocino

jojocino wrote:

Thanks! After much research and talking to someone at Apple last night, I decided on this configuration:

2.6GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz

8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB

750GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm

SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

MacBook Pro 15-inch Hi-Res Antiglare Widescreen Display

Will upgrade anything that needs it later on. Thanks for your help!

Copy Cat😎 Congratulations, very wise dicision.

Your going to love it......The HR Antiglare WS is all that and a bag of chips. Take it out in full sunlight and not miss a beat!

Now for the SSD to make your new baby soar👿

15" Macbook Pro with or without Retina?