What to buy? Macbook pro 13' retina 2,6 GHz (new 2013) i5 vs Macbook pro 13' 2,9 GHz i7?

What to buy?
Macbook pro 13' retina 2,6 GHz (new 2013) i5 vs Macbook pro 13' 2,9 GHz i7..?
I will use it for Photoshop, in design etc.
Is the old Macbook pro still better than the new retina, ore.

The MacBook pro 2.9 is also now a lot cheaper than the retina 2.6 and looks a lot faster and a better buy 2 me..?
I am absolutely not pro so i cant really know if i am right ore wrong..?
Which has the best performance and which has the slowest hard drive..?
I like to have a fast and small comp. which can be used for adobe photo, film edd. etc. without any problems. I will use an extern storage. And i have an extern screen.
I am so afraid that if i buy retina ore the other way around, that i have done a mistake..?
want to be absolutely sure..
13-inch: 2.9GHz (DKK11,699.00)
2.9GHz dual-core Intel Core i7
Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
8GB 1600MHz memory
750GB 5400-rpm hard drive1
Intel HD Graphics 4000
13-inch: 2.6GHz (DKK13,199.00)
with Retina display
2.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
Turbo Boost up to 3.2GHz
8GB 1600MHz memory
256GB flash storage1
Intel HD Graphics 4000

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The source file had this text in a section I call "LANGUAGES":
Arabic: Hello (Peach and health) = Salam-Alekum
or Salam al salad; Thank you = Shokran; Please = Men-fad-luck; Good bye = weh-don
Bulgarian: Hello = dra-vaht; Goodbye = chow-chow; Thanks = wah-go-da-rhia;
(s:Sanya, (DigitalStar/E&E Electronics, DTV converter box)
Chinese/Mandarin: Running dog (servile follower, lackey) = zougou; This = jeige (jay-gah); That = neige (nay-gah); Hello, Mr. Lin (politely) = Lin-chenzin, ne how; Thank you = Xie xie (shay-shay); You’re welcome =
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Czech: Hello = ahoj (ah-hoe-ee); Thank you = děkuji (de-quoy-yeh); You’re welcome =
není zač; Good afternoon = Dobré odpoledne;
Good morning = Dobré ráno; Goodbye =
sbohem; Goodbye for now = sbohem prozatim; Yes = ano; No = ne; Yes sir = ano pane (ano paanay); Have a nice weekend = Hezký víkend!
Farsi: Havij = carrot
After making a copy of the file, renaming it, and starting to use it, I noticed the above section looked like this:
Arabic: Hello (Peach and health) = Salam-Alekum
or Salam al salad; Thank you = Shokran; Please = Men-fad-luck; Good bye = weh-don
Bulgarian: Hello = dra-vah-DÅ7¢£8¿i¾A\ÅïÕÒb·#ªp¡€^žÏM–ehÂ*á‑L[Â¥!Ü"»¿¥g©P2<©\
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Farsi: Havij = carrot
In another section of the source file, I had this URL to a Yahoo Finance stock listing:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?d=v1&s=RIMM%20DRR%20NDN%20GMCR%20DF%20V%20ACN%20MOS%20SHLD%20BUCY%20NTGR%20CPRT%20EEM%20DIA%20CME%20mkl%20t%20spy%20goog%20yhoo%20uis%20fnm%20ge%20ko%20MCD%20eln%20emc%20bvf%20abt%20wpi%20agn%20frx%20sfd%20amd%20cnp%20d%20ed%20eix%20celg%20qcom%20nt%20peg%20ppl%20bby%20flex%20cof%20asyt%20proxq.pk%20nok%20fe%20sns%20ibm%20spg%20wlp%20bfly%20brka%20brkb%20zmh%20cmi%20kg%20vrx%20amt%20twx%20ctxs%20sgp%20dox%20cmvt.pk%20elx%20xel%20aapl%20amzn%20jpm%20bsx%20mdt%20duk%20se%20csco%20jnpr%20dell%20ebay%20lly%20hpq%20hurc%20intc%20inin%20lvlt%20mck%20msft%20onb%20orcl%20scln%20smtk%20wmt%20tgt%20brwix%20obehx%20qqqq%20ssdsx%20csvfx%20scdgx%20ktcsx%20t%20obhex%20slafx%20sjpnx%20scinx%20a%20adsk%20alu%20arba%20atahq.pk%20coms%20palm%20rwc%20vrcc.ob%20dis%20ila%20novl%20utmd%20rprx%20nrom.ob%20obehx%20obhgx%20obfox%20sctgx
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http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?d=v1&s=RIMM%20DRR%20NDN%20GMCR%20DF%20V%20ACN%20MOS%20SHLD%20BUCY%20NTGR%20CPRT%20EEM%20DIA%20CME%20mkl%20t%20spy%20goog%20yhoo%20uis%20fnm%20ge%20ko%20MCD%20eln%20emc%20bvf%20abt%20wpi%20agn%20frx%20sfd%20amd%20cnp%20d%20ed%20eix%20celg%20qcom%20nt%20peg%20ppl%20bby%20flex%20cof%20asyt%20proxq.pk%20nok%20fe%20sns%20ibm%20spg%20wlp%20bfly%20brka%20brkb%20zmh%20cmi%20kg%20vrx%20amt%20twx%20ctxs%20sgp%20dox%20cmvt.pk%20elx%20xel%20aapl%20amzn%20jpm%20bsx%20mdt%20duk%20se%20csco%20jnpr%20dell%20ebay%20lly%20hpq%20hurc%20intc%20inin%20lvlt%20mck%20msft%20onb%20orcl%20scln%20smtk%20wmt%20tgt%20brwix%20obehx%20qqqq%20ssdsx%20csvfx%20scdgx%20ktcsx%20t%20obhex%20slafx%20sjpnx%20scinx%20a%20adsk%20alu%20arba%20atahq.pk%20coms%20palm%20rwcþØ9—=t‡†|¤wžÌèûÛÌo¯€[Ú
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Anyone have any ideas on what is causing the corruption and how to prevent it?
BTW, if I re-copy/paste the corrupted section from the source file, it appears correct...for awhile...and, then, later, I'll notice that it has become "corrupted" again. I have *not* compared various corrupted sections
to see if the corruption texts are identical each time.
Michael

Thanks for the reply, Melon.
I disabled the only 2 Add-ins that were present - [COM Add-Ins > Sharing Add-in for Microsoft Lync 2010] and [Actions > Instant Messaging Contcts (English)].
This did not fix the issue. After they were disabled (and they currently still are), I copied back un-corrupted text from my good source file and the text at the end of the document has become corrupted again. Except for the ][Languages] section,
which is much further up in the document, the corruption seems to be consistenly near the end of the document.
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I notice that, if I start selecting text (starting from a paragraph mark above the corrupted text - I always keep hidden formatting symbols turned on), as I "arrow down", the "selection" includes lines in blocks lower down -- that is, the corrupted text is
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Since this may not make sense, I'd be glad to upload samples of the good, original, source text and the corrupted "versiion" of it.
I still need to test the file on one of my computers at home.
Thanks.
Michael

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If you’d like to learn more about maximizing your battery life, see this helpful resource:
Apple - Batteries - Maximizing Performance
http://www.apple.com/batteries/maximizing-performance/#macbook
Thanks,
Matt M.

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