[JamesBaxter]

I really hope they keep the 13" Macbook Pro around. The Macbook Air is a fantastic machine but being able to stick a reasonably priced SSD and 16GB of ram into my work 13" MBP has improved my output dramatically.

I wonder how long it will be before Apple prevent after purchase customization at all.

[ssharp]

The 13" Retina should persist for some time. That model's entry price is only $100 more than the non-Retina 13" MBP entry price. I don't really see the appeal of the non-Retina version at this point. The Retina display is really great and worth the extra $100, in my opinion, and I think the MBA offers much better value.

[JamesBaxter]

The appeal is you can upgrade to 16GB RAM after you've bought it.

OWC $142 Apple $300

Apparently the SSD in the retina models is upgradeable but only to PCI based SSDs