Thank you to all who responded with advice on the merits of retina or not 
retina macbook pro.  Ive taken your advice very seriously and I thank you.   I 
will get the latest model.  This is after all an investment for many a year to 
come, I hope.

Andrew
On 29 Sep 2014, at 22:35, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote:

> While I concur with the recommendation to get the newer models for efficiency 
> reasons, I feel I should point out that the older MacBooks are still on sale 
> with optional SSDs, and that they come with both Ethernet and optical drives 
> which the newer models lack.  This curmudgeon happens to think that you got 
> more for your money and that the MacBook Pro was worthy of its name back 
> then, but there's no denying progress at all; you get more Flash, more 
> external connectivity, more efficient processors, more battery power, and 
> more memory for less cost with the current machines.  It's up to you which 
> you prefer to go with, and I wouldn't fault you for staying in the past, but 
> you've got to be mindful of your investment.  I need to assure you, as 
> someone who tracks the market pretty closely, that there are times when 
> function trumps form, and for most purposes the low-end current MBPs will 
> serve well.
> 
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