Which MacBook Pro? Lightroom

The application that will require the most resources is Lightroom which is why I am looking for the MacBook Pro 15" 2.0 since it has a quad core. While my heavy photo processing will be done on my Dell desktop, other than having a laptop, I could do some processing on the 15" (I am going to have to go to the Apple store and try this). And I know just to use Lightroom on this PC is an expensive, otherwise I could stick to the 13" so I am still thinking on this.
So my first question is the 15" 2.0 enough for Lightroom?
I know bumping to 8gb RAM $200 may be a good idea but I really do not think LR needs more than 4gb? I do large raw files.
And the expensive SS $200 for 128gb, I think I will pass on this?
Upgrade disk speed to 7200 rpm for $100? again I am looking for comments
HiRes Monitor option for sure and I will have to go to the Apple Store to check out the looks of the Anti-glare?
And if I add all the options up, it gets way expensive fast.
Recommendations or Comments are appreciated ?

I may have to do a separate post on this, but I have been looking at switching to Aperture 3 vs. Lightroom. It seems like it is as good and has some advantages to Lightroom. For one, it has a full screen mode where I may be able to process using the 15" screen a lot easier than processing in Lightroom.
So same question assuming I am using Aperture 3? I am looking for more than minimum requirements to run Aperture 3, something that I can process a large Raw with quick response times...
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