Macbook Pro Retina or Not? the big dilemma!

I know this question has probably been answered here in the Apple community (and over the internet) multiple times, but I am going to ask it anyways. The response to this looks half in half i.e. half of the responses lean towards a Regular MBP whereas the other half leaning towards the Retina and that is making this decision for me quite difficult.
I am currently a Regular 13" MBP (i7, 8g, 750 gig) mid 2012 user and I have used a late 2010 model in the past and never did I have any complains about those machines. However, with the new Retina models and SSD options I am a bit confused. I am a pretty decent user who uses work apps like Oracle (DB) Clients, Citrix, Adobe PS CS6, Full MS Office suite of products etc. I also use it for recreational things like watching movies, iTunes library (currently about 20 gigs, which is not too large) and store music, movies, videos and pics in the computer from time to time. I don't foresee having have to install any large applications in the future but that may not always be the case since I work in the IT industry and things are pretty dynamic here. I have an inclination towards the Retina MBP 13" with 256 gig SSD, however this SSD size seems a little low to me. Not that I have 200 gigs worth of apps installed but I would hate to run out of space if that situation arrived. I know I can have an external HD but I would still want to have the apps installed in the computer's storage. I have also explored the fact that I can have a Regular MBP with SSD but I am not sure if those machine can handle at true SSD speeds or will they be stuck with ATA speeds anyways which kind of defeats the purpose of having an SSD. Budget is also a consideration here since the max I can shell out would be $1700-ish.
I know Retina display is more as a personal preference than a requirement, but do you guys think that 256 GB SSD would be enough or 512 GB SSD with a non Retina model (since budget is a concern) would be the way to go?
I am thinking of rMBP with 256 G SSD but with that Price I can get a 15" Regular MBP with more HDD space.
Please share your opinions.

If budget is a concern, max out a 15" with a SSD, 16gig RAM and a few peripherals along with a couple 2TB 2.5" USB external Hard drives.
Applications are never the concern when it comes to an internal SSD or HD,....... its the huge videos/ pdf / music / pics etc etc people want to throw into the internal HD AFTER they put every application known to mankind on their internal HD.
Endless applications is one thing even a 128gig SSD is more than fit to handle, its all the huge files.
Keep working working files / docs etc ON the internal, and park all low use stuff OFF onto a USB HD.
Are you planning on doing any major photo or video editing? You didnt indicate same,...as such other than resolution for as you mention "watching movies" is your prime use/intent for the Retina vs. non-Retina?

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