Which macbook pro configuration should i buy for the non retina line?

i can't deside if it is worth it to upgrade to the 2.9GHz dual-core intel core i7 or stick with the stock one. Also im not sure if 8gbs of ram is going to be enough even though it is the max the cpu will allow. I am planning to use my Macbook pro for highschool,photo editing in Lightroom, Photoshop, and the usual like web browsing,email,etc (I'm not using Photoshop/Lightroom for my job btw just for a hobby). also i might be playing Minecraft and might be using Adobe Premiere pro for video editing. Please leave your options i'm getting it for christmas so the faster the better.

Someone please check my math. The data I see places the rMBP with higher performance and lower cost than the MBP.
I looked at the MaBook Air (MBA), MacBook Pro (MBP), and Retina MBP (rMBP) price and performance and the 13” rMBP appears to take the cake with the MBA in second place and the MBP a distant third. The MBP has the slowest graphics and slowest standard processor for a higher price than either the rMBP or the MBA. The MBP also weights more (4.5 lbs.) and has the worst battery life (7 hours). An option in the MBP’s favor is it can have a slower but larger disk while the MBA and rMBP must use the smaller SSDs.
All the processor configurations below are (±10%) in speed compared to the MBA so processor speed is not a major differentiator. However the graphics speeds differ significantly with the MBP at the bottom with an HD 4000, the MBA in the middle with an HD 5000, and the rMBP at the top with Intel Iris Graphics.
For lower price I would choose a 1.3 GHz i5 MBA with 8 GB of RAM and a 256 GB SSD for $1,400. For higher performance I would choose the 2.4 GHz i5 rMBP with 16 GB of RAM and 256 GB SSD for $1,700. If I needed more than 256 GB of storage then I might consider the MBP with a 500 GB or 1 TB disk, but that would sacrifice performance both in graphics and I/O speed.   Instead of a larger system disk one could consider placing some of the storage on the 256 GB SSD and some on an external 1 TB hard disk.
Similar configurations:
MBA 1.7 GHz i7, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD: $1,550 <— 2nd place
          Mactracker 7284 system benchmark plus HD 5000 graphics
          3 lbs. 12 hours of battery life
MBP 2.5 GHz i5, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD: $1,700 <— 3rd place
          Mactracker 6690 system benchmark plus HD 4000 graphics
          4.5 lbs. 7 hours of battery life
          8% slower CPU performance on Mactracker benchmarks
          compared to the MBA
MBP 2.9 GHz i7, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD: $1,850 <— 3rd place
          Mactracker 7841 system benchmark plus HD 4000 graphics
          4.5 lbs. 7 hours of battery life
          8% faster CPU performance on Mactracker benchmarks
          compared to the MBA
rMBP 2.4 Ghz i5, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD: $1,500. <— 1st place
          Mactracker 7136 system benchmark plus Intel Iris Graphics
          3.5 lbs. 9 hours of battery life
          2% slower CPU performance on Mactracker benchmarks
          compared to the MBA
rMBP 2.4 Ghz i5, 16 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD: $1,700. <— 1st place
          Mactracker 7136 system benchmark plus Intel Iris Graphics
          3.5 lbs. 9 hours of battery life
          2% slower CPU performance on Mactracker benchmarks
          compared to the MBA

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