Which Mac Notebook should I get?

Im a first year student in college, going in this fall. I plan on doing regular school work, multitasking, and from time to time some basic photo and video editing. Portability would be nice, but it isnt a deciding factor. Ii need a machine that can handle some basic programming apps (matlab, ect.) as well, and daily use wihtout sacrificing the speed and not overheating the computer either. I was looking into the new retina macbook, and I can afford it but is it worth the price? I would be getting the base model with the 256gb HD and 8gb RAM, which I dont necessarily think the HD would be an issue capacity wise, and Im not sure about the RAM but again I dont think I would be running vigorous programs which would require more RAM.
Any advice?

The general answer is buy what your budget can afford. For the new Retina display money, you'd be paying a premium for the SSD and display, but it's an extremely capable machine. So are the other MacBook Pros. They may not be quite as fast, but they are still very capable machines and are more expandable than the Retina model or the MacBook Air.
If you plan on using it outside regularly or in rooms with a lot of windows, the retina model supposed is vastly improved over the last generation MBP glossy screens. But the regular MacBook Pros offer non-glossy screen options (for extra $) - at least they did a few weeks ago. The retina model doesn't have a CD drive, while the standard MBPs do.
I'm still using a 2006 MacBook Pro with a faster HD and added RAM, and it's still a capable machine. At 1.83 GHZ it still does everything well, so you can consider the MacBook Air too, since it's about the same GHZ as mine and a much newer faster processor.
I didn't hear anythingbthatbyou intended to do with it that any of their laptops wouldn't do well. In general, the more you pay, the longer you'll be able to use it before it becomes obsolete, so a lot of the extra cost washes out because you delay buying another computer and the yearly effective cost is similar.

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