Because I want to know the better VALUE. I won't pay $200 if there isn't a good reason to. I currently have a 2010 MBP with 4GB ram and it works perfectly fine, and I'm getting less HDD space in the Retina one.. So I wasn't sure if I would need to buy the 8gb option. Also, I don't know much about the hardware of computers.Is this even really a question? Why wouldn't you choose the one with better specs?
Second one, for sure.I'd be using it for school work and web development. Maybe minecraft now and then. You think that would be fine?