You have to define "worth" before you can answer this. For me, I chose to get the MBP with the standard hard drive because it offered so much more storage. My c

You have to define "worth" before you can answer this. For me, I chose to get the MBP with the standard hard drive because it offered so much more storage. My computer has 2X the storage yours does and while I admit that there is a noticeable performance difference, the advantage of faster loading isn't worth the storage capacity I'd be sacrificing. IMHO the storage capacity you'd give up isn't worth the additional investment. But again, that's just me.