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<blockquote data-quote="champagneinhand" data-source="post: 405007" data-attributes="member: 36577">I bought a refurbished 15&quot; MBP to replace the 2011 version. The late 2013 version came with 16GB of RAM, 2 graphics mode the Intel which shares RAM and a dedicated 2GB NVIDEA for higher graphic stuff. It uses the second version of SSD in the form of 500GB which really is lightning fast. The retina version is nice. Conversely I found that my older version which is non retina, is actually upgradable to 64GB of RAM and I pulled the show 5400rpm HD and switched it to a Samsung SSD first generation. It's pretty quick too. I'm a bit worried for the newer one as its all soldered together so no upgrading possible. The older unit can have the optical drive replaced by a fusion drive with a SSD writing and reading to a HDD so best of both worlds. Eventually a 4K monitor for photo editing.&nbsp; Be sure to look at possibility of upgrades. For now the newer unit is great and being able to use the second generation thunderbolt for external drives or monitors is great. Much to think about.&nbsp; I would forget about that 17&quot; monitor and focus on the guts and think external storage and a home external monitor as they are a viable solution like a light board for film used to be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="champagneinhand, post: 405007, member: 36577"] I bought a refurbished 15" MBP to replace the 2011 version. The late 2013 version came with 16GB of RAM, 2 graphics mode the Intel which shares RAM and a dedicated 2GB NVIDEA for higher graphic stuff. It uses the second version of SSD in the form of 500GB which really is lightning fast. The retina version is nice. Conversely I found that my older version which is non retina, is actually upgradable to 64GB of RAM and I pulled the show 5400rpm HD and switched it to a Samsung SSD first generation. It's pretty quick too. I'm a bit worried for the newer one as its all soldered together so no upgrading possible. The older unit can have the optical drive replaced by a fusion drive with a SSD writing and reading to a HDD so best of both worlds. Eventually a 4K monitor for photo editing. Be sure to look at possibility of upgrades. For now the newer unit is great and being able to use the second generation thunderbolt for external drives or monitors is great. Much to think about. I would forget about that 17" monitor and focus on the guts and think external storage and a home external monitor as they are a viable solution like a light board for film used to be. [/QUOTE]

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