


Will upgrade to SSD drive and will max out ram at 16 when I am in the mood, but right now I just want to be sure to have this option down the road vs. The incoming 13 ( will be here tomorrow) may have a slightly lower resolution (I tried it in the store), but not enough for me to notice. I ordered another non-retina because i am sure they are going the way of the dinosaur after this year and I did not want to kick myself and miss an opportunity to buy into the last “great notebook” or perfectly good (exceptional) piece of engineering! My current is MORE than fast enough, screen pops (at least on my 15), and the heft is no big deal as I rarely need to transport it except to the library with my son.

so I don’t have a pressing need for a model so high end. Flexibility! I don’t (probably never will) work in the “high intensity” world of photo editing, etc., etc. I have a Macbook Pro 15 (late 2011) non-retina and I just ordered the Macbook Pro 13-Mid 2012 (I7, 8gb ram, 750 from Apple refurb) for the exact same reason.
