Should I purchase a Macbook Pro 15" Retina Display?

Yeah so I've been saving up all my money from work (or w/e I have left) into buying myself a Macbook Pro Retina for video editing and graphics design but now I'm reading about this whole Image Retention/Ghosting issue. I'm just not sure if it's worth the gamble to get one now since there's no way of knowing if you're purchasing a LG display or a Samsung Display. I was going to purchase the highest model too but now I'm just confused. Should I just wait for Apple to fix the problem in a couple of months or should I just purchase this product and take the gamble? I'm lost. I know it's ultimately up to me but I owuld like some opinions or suggestions. I'm just scared of shelling out $3.1k for a laptop that has this annoying issue.

I suggest you don't buy a Retina model. There is nothing that special about the Retina other then the screen.
And it is basically a Sealed unit that can never be upgraded and very hard to repair as all parts, except the cooling fans, the SSD/Flash storage module (but Proprietary) and the WiFi/Bluetooth card (It is a Combo card that has interference between the 2 sections), are either glued in to the case parts or soldered to the Logic board (That isApple Speak for the motherboard). Even the screen is Glued into the lid aluminum housing.
You'd be better off buying the standard model with the HiRes screen and the fastest CPU offered with the standard RAM and hard drive then upgrading those 2 parts, which you can do yourself very easily, and you will have basically the same system except for the screen, and the HiRes screen is very close to the Retina.
Also whichever Mac you buy factor in the cost of the Applecare extended warranty as to fix any Mac out of warranty is very expensive. If you do buy the Retina Make Sure you get the Applecare warranty as to fix one of those out of warranty would be close to if not more then the cost of buying a New computer.

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