Retina vs. Hi Res Antiglare screen? New MBP

I am looking to pick up a new 15" MBP and am torn between the two.
(my simple in store tests didn't prove one to outshine the other, except I love the weight of the rMBP)
Portability is key since I travel and work in 4 locations in my studio alone.
I will be using it attached to the thunderbolt 27" display about 60% of the time.
Comparing the two mid range with the same processor speed (2.6GHz) and memory (8GB)
Here is my main question:
(The antiglare with 1TB Serial ATA Drive vs. the rMBP 550 flash drive.)
Is the 1tb actually more computer compared to the faster more stable flash drive?
..........then you aren't giving up the FireWire or drive?
(As I understand it there is a workaround with the FireWire for my external drives using the thunderbolt display dock)
I am guessing we will have a thunderbolt FireWire 800 available to us as soon as next month?
?How are these looking hooked up to the thunderbolt display?
Any additional considerations here?
I don't really do gaming or film editing at this point. Architect (Cad/ Vectorworks) and photo editing (adobe PS and AI) and streaming movies are my heaviest uses. Transitioning from a 17" MBP 4.1 w/ anti glare screen: 4 GB 2009
Besides the iPad I have never had a glossy screen so I have no idea if the glare will be an issue. I don't work outside very often at this point.
Appreciate any insight.

Looking at them side-by-side, the Retina display is much less glossy than the standard glossy screen, but not as 'matte' as the antiglare screen.
I just wouldn't buy a Retina display just now - all Office applications look pixelated and fuzzy, as do all Adobe CS6 applications. Rumor has it that there is a Retina display version of Photoshop in the works but Adobe has remained mum on it since it was 'previewed' at the June WWDC. I just couldn't buy a Retina just now - very few major software companies (other than Apple) have versions that support the Retina display.
If I were you, I'd go with the most beefed-up high-res antiglare MBP that you can afford. I've also added 16GB of RAM, allowing me to run dozens of RAM-hungry apps concurrently, and added a SSD, speeding up everything. I also recently added an Apple Thunderbolt Display - beautiful, functional, but glossy!
Best,
Clinton

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iPodTouch 64 ------------------------------------12/24/14 9:33pm
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So can I safely just plug the USB from the iPod64 into the older 2008 MBP and update it from there (WITHOUT DANGER OF LOSING ENTIRE COLLECTION)? Make it simple; I'm 74 and not as savvy as I used to be! I tend to zone out with long descriptions, but if you have to....fire away...between hubby and me, we can usually figure it out.
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2008 MacBookPro: Mac OSX 10.5.8, 2.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo; 4GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM; capacity 185.87 GB, Avail: 17.06GB
Retina mid 2012 MBP: OS X Yosemite 10.10.3; 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7; 16GB 1600 MHz DDR3; Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB; 499.05 GB, 440.61 GB free
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1. Will Apple launch an anti-glare 15" soon?
2. Will a 15" 1650x1080 anti-glare screen ever exist?
No one here knows the answer to either of these questions.
3. Could I get a 15" with gloss and buy something like this;
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I just bought a new MacBook Pro - Retina yesterday.
I am having difficulty transferring files from old MBP using Migration Assistant.
The old MBP display screen has failed, so I am unable to see screen promots / menus to go through the normal Migration Assistant process.
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http://www.macworld.com/article/1160887/targetdiskmodethunderbolt.html
http://www.cultofmac.com/103270/thunderbolt-target-disk-mode-requires-apples-spe cial-cable-tip/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Disk_Mode
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Now this is interesting. I just had the following reply from Apple's support chat:
Just another minute.
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My 3 yr old MBP display failed (display just showing vertical and horizontal lines).
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jemham wrote:
I've installed 10.8.1 on new MBP w/ retina display. Fully charged battery shows 8 hrs at 100% then drops to 7 hrs after only 1/2 hr of use. I was hoping that 10.8.1 would have fixed a obviously well publicized defect.
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