Retina MBP storage & RAM: base or high-end? (help?)

hey all!

(long post, know. sorry, explaining entire situation helps getting more accurate answer.)

i'm in bit of predicament here. allow me explain situation, , possibilities i've been exploring.

(i refer retina macbook pro next generation macbook pro, ng mbp short.)


next year i'll going college, studying computer sciences, , decent laptop needed that. on top of that, need new computer personal use, since i'm stuck 2006 baseline macmini ram upgraded 2gb. it's getting pretty slow, , think it's time first real upgrade.
rumours , flying @ start of 2012, thought i'd hold out on buying macbook pro. had been aiming high-end 15" mbp model whenever updates came through. however, did not account next generation mbp.

want machine future-proof , can last me 6 years (or preferably more), trusty macmini has served me far. need stay averagely powerful, future standards.
ng mbp, in eyes, offers that. high-quality monitor (for sadly didn't include matte option), ssd storage, strong processor , gpu.


of know, baseline ng mbp costs as high-end 15" mbp. however, 256gb of non-bto-upgradable storage provides seem bit lacklustre me. i'd need upgrade 16gb of ram since feel big in keeping computer fast , snappy, after couple of years.

wouldn't problem normally, because i'd base model or cheap , upgrade myself. sadly, apple decided screw me on , integrate every component computer, can't upgraded user @ all. (at least not know of.)


i'd i'm stuck dishing out 3.1k euros can decent storage space , 16gb ram. however, i'm no expert, , haven't worked storage spaces larger 80gb (aside 500gb external drive filled brim, 30% of being stuff use every day).

it'd really, nice if tell me if i'm shooting bit high 512gb storage , 16gb ram. need that, or can last long default base-model? don't have particularly large amount of savings, , 3.1k euros huge amount of money.

don't plan on using special, doing quite bit of gaming once capable computer, , tend lot of experimenting graphics software adobe photoshop well.


thank help!
~ fang

 

is correct? won't able upgrade ssd or ram in future?
in ideal world, i'd keep ssd add regular 7200 2.5 inch hdd additional, "slow access" storage.

 

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