This is not the experience I've had with a retina MBP at all. While the increase in usable workspace is nice, I recently had to bring in it for service and go b

This is not the experience I've had with a retina MBP at all. While the increase in usable workspace is nice, I recently had to bring in it for service and go back to using my 2011-vintage "normal" MBP for a week - the only difference I noted was the lack of SSD. This is running the newer machine at 1920x1200 (or 3840x2400, I suppose) and the old at 1680x1050. My day-to-day work is all done in iTerm and VIM. Had I paid for the machine, I would've been sorely disappointed I think.