I thought so. You have a 2.2 ghz i7, which is old and slow. and you only have 256 gb SSD as your only storage option. The 16 gb of ram is shared with OS and applications.
Now for the same $2000, actually $1970, doing a custom spec system using a Clevo laptop this is what you get:
Sager NP8268 (Clevo P150SM-A)
CPU - 4th Generation Intel® Haswell Core i7-4810MQ (2.8GHz - 3.8GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache)
Graphics - NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 870M (3.0GB) GDDR5 PCI-Express
DX11
512 gb SSD boot drive
1 TB 7200 SATA III mechanical drive
24 GB RAM (user upgradeable to 32 gb)
And space for a second SSD, second mechanical drive, and you can upgrade the graphics card or add a second card. Two levels of graphics cards are available - for optimized gaming, and for greater bit depth. The Quadro K610 with 2 gb dedicated VRAM will provide 30 bit color depth for an appropriate external display.
There is no question that the Clevo I spec'd would be considerably faster than the MBP that you purchased, and with 512 gb system drive and 1 TB data drive it would be a while before you ran out of disk space. Expansion capability is considerable, extra hard drives, faster CPU, more memory better graphics card, etc etc. make the Sager/Clevo a much better value.
But this is the deal breaker for me:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1432348If I had to edit images on a laptop, the Retina display would be last on my list. Compared to the better displays, it definitely does not deliver the goods. There are quite a few better displays for editing photos, like the Dell Precision laptops with PremierColor display or, HP Elitbook Series with DreamColor display, or the Sager/Clevo - larger gamut, low reflectivity, better editing experience.
As a general purpose do it all kind of machine, even for video editing, I have no issues with the MBP, but when it comes to photo editing, especially where color is critical, I find it falls short. This is based on test data analysis and first-hand personal experience. It's hard to go back to a 6 or even an 8 bit screen after editing in 10 bits on a Dell 2413 monitor. If I could get a laptop for $2000 that would give me the option, it's a no-brainer.
BTW, even though the power user community has been begging for 10 bit support, Apple has yet to offer it. It's been available for Windows since Win7.