The margin on the top of the line Macbook pro that he got(1TB and 2.6ghz quad) is just insane. For an extra $700 you are increasing the SSD to a capacity you wi

The margin on the top of the line Macbook pro that he got(1TB and 2.6ghz quad) is just insane. For an extra $700 you are increasing the SSD to a capacity you will never use and moderately increasing CPU clock. If you really need a 1TB drive you are going to go external anyway. You might as well go with the stock $2600 configuration as RAM limits are far more significant. On the lower end there is little value anyway too as you are losing the integrated graphics, 8GB of memory and reducing the drive capacity to 256gb which might matter more if you have a lot of media. You might as well get the 13inch pro at that price and get a more portable laptop to boot.