I balked on my Retina MacBook Pro purchase.

[winstars]

10. I work in the music industry and most people seem to have migrated to the 13 inch MBP...

Some production managers and engineers still like the big boy 17 inch for stage plots and such... But most people like the fact that the 13 inch fits in virtually any bag and has a smaller footprint. Some band members have gotten the 15 inch Retina because they have the dough but like you, for most of us, 3k is too much to spend for a pretty screen. Traveling around a lot, the SSD is built for people like us durability wise but its still a little too pricey.

When the 13 inch Retina display with a 500GB SSD for max 2k comes out it will sell like hotcakes. Until then, most of people are happy with the 13 inch MBP with i7 chip which is about $1800.00ish with the applecare...

I have been to the Apple Store and the Retina display is amazing but not worth it price wise for me... yet