Best project storage for new pros?

I have a new MacBook pro with retina display on its way (2 more weeks!), and was wondering what people would say for the best setup for fcpx. It's the 2.6ghz and I upgraded it to 16gigs of ram out of fear and the hard drive is a ssid at 562 gigs (or close to it).
I'm concerned about filling up the drive fast so I'm thinking I'll:
1): either go back to using a scratch disk via USB 3 or FireWire 800.
2): rrun current project on the machine and archive all the associated folders for the project to my drobo when I'm done with the project.
Thanks for any advice,

The equipment you require depends on the type of editing you need to do.
If you are making family and holiday type films or otherwise comparatively simple ones with no more than 2 or 3 tracks of video, an hour or so of footage and no urgent deadlines, you will probably find that the computer on its own will cope quite well.
So the best advice is to wait and see.
If you find the computer alone does everything you require in your chosen time-frame, that's all you need.
If you stock up on everything you might want and then find you don't need it, you will have wasted a load of cash.
Over the years, on these forums I have seen people advise others to get the top of the range MacPros, max them out and buy every other conceivable performance accessory when all the enquirer wanted was something to edit his family videos on.
So find out what you actually need by using the basic equipment for a bit.

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