I want to buy the new MacBook Pro laptop with retina display

I will need 16GB ram, 256 starage should be enough. However, is it worth the extra for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M with 2GB GDDR5 memory?

It does seem a good buy but I hate buying more than I need. However, I am looking to have this computer for at least 5 years before I'll upgrade again. So it has to last. I don't do much video editing at the moment but I'm sure I will in the future now that Final Cut Pro is only £199 – Wow!. Will this extra graphics card be a benefit for this? I don't play games so that doesn't come into the equation
Also I can't seem to add the card to the other configuration offered on the apple store page. I would be happy with the 15 higher spec retina but with a smaller hard disk but can't select that size disk. Can it be done?

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