rMBP or MBP

For me it was hard to justify spending nearly the same amount of money on a model with an older design, HDD rather than SSD, half the resolution and worse speakers for a device that has all of those features. For an extra $400 bucks you can get a much better display, faster hard drive, newer design, better speakers, new magsafe, and better ventilation.

I just couldn't see spending 2 grand and not getting the best of the best. And FYI keep an eye on Best Buy's inventory, they've been getting them in randomly where I live for the past several weeks. Last week (when I bought mine), they got 3 in on a Thursday morning and they were gone within hours. The only reason I knew they were in stock is because I had been checking Best Buy's inventory constantly.

 

If you're playing some graphic intensive games, a gig of VRAM is a very good thing to have (I don't know enough to say it's required, but I know enough that I would never buy a machine I was gaming on with under a gig of it). I agree with maretus, for $400 you get a much better machine (unless user-upgradability is important to you).

And you should check your store for inventory more often, my store gets new shipments everyday and I live in a pretty small town.