Internal Drive 1TB or 2TB?

Hi all,
My intent to have a 27" i7 2.93 paired with a FW800 Raid0 G-Raid 2TB drive for video editing and my photography work.
Internal drive will be used for the OS and Apps only
FW800 External drive will be used for lightroom catalog and files and video
Backup will be to a RAID1 NAS.
Question is should I buy the iMac with a 1TB or 2TB internal drive?
I'm sure 1TB is ample for OS and Apps, but I wondering is resell value and flexibility would justify the extra cost.
Any comments appreciated.

Hello P:
Opinion….
but I wondering is resell value and flexibility would justify the extra cost.
I seriously doubt that resale would be affected. I don't see any "flexibility" benefit - based on your description of planned use.
Barry

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Revision:          MN0KB6D0
Serial Number:                MN1270FA05U8KD
Native Command Queuing:          Yes
Queue Depth:          32
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Detachable Drive:          No
BSD Name:          disk1
Rotational Rate:          7200
Medium Type:          Rotational
Partition Map Type:          GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status:          Verified
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Available:          564.39 GB (564,387,356,672 bytes)
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