When I bought my MacBook Pro with retina display in 2012 i paid about 18'600 NOK (with 10% student discount). That was the high end 15" with a 16GB RAM upgrade. (8GB was standard.) No upgrade to CPU or SSD. The high end MacBook Pro with retina display today starts at 25'750 NOK (with student discount) it now has 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD and 2GB VRAM standard, so it's certainly better, but because of this price increase and no increase in my economy as a student, I'm unlikely to buy a new Mac for many years unless I get a really good job right after completing my studies next year.