How can I tell if my MacBook Pro has a Retina display?

I am happy to say, that I am the PROUD OWNER of a 15" MacBook Pro and I don't know if the one that I have has a Retina display built into it.
I was looking on the forums, to see if I might be able to get away with installing a copy of Windows 7 Pro (32-bit) via USB and I noticed that one of the forums said that you could, if you had a MacBook Pro that has a Retina display built into it.
I would very my like to know if there's a way to find out or if there's a website that I can check out that would be able to guide me in the right direction.
PLEASE HELP...IF I CAN DO IT, IT WOULD SAVE ME A LOT OF MONEY FROM HAVING TO BUY A NEW COPY AND I CAN STILL GET THE DRIVERS FROM THE BOOTCAMP TO PULL IT OFF.

as per bootcamp:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1461
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro/bootcamp/
Yes, your USB will be recognized afterward.

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