I was excited when I saw the 27" non retina was starting at $1799 but its limited to an older i5 and you don't even get the same price breaks you get on the retina.....actually makes more sense to get the retina....which you can get with a 256 ssd and 4ghz i7 for only $2799 the non retina isn't much less and your still topped off at 3.5 i7