I have been contemplating buying a MBP with the solid state drive, but I must admit that I am a little concerned about the size of the drive being able to run what I need to run and running it all efficiently. I like the idea of solid state, but I really just don't know much about them. I really want a laptop that will last for quite some time as I am looking at retirement in the near future. I do video editing and also use Photoshop Extended CS4. If you are real good about just saving photos, videos, etc. on an external hard drive, would one be okay?😕 Thanks for any advice.