2015-01-07, 8:11 AM

Everybody makes mistakes, and it is great that Lenovo has acknowledged mistakes with the previous generation of trackpad, and reversed its decision to not have dedicated buttons. This is great news.

However, I struggle to understand the decision to only have one SODIMM slot in the X250. I figured it was a huge mistake in the X240 (downgrade from the previous model!) and it would be rectified in the X250.

Very sad day for me to realise I will no longer be able to use a Lenovo machine as my primary device, I held on until CES announcements to my trusty X230.

For super light and thin, there is the X1 Carbon. X230/240/250 users are different and want a true business device which has servicable parts AND UP TO 16GB RAM! They don't care if it is badged as an Ultrabook!

I can't believe that the next model up in size - the T450s - has 4GB SOLDERED on! and only allows a maximum of 12GB. Still no good.

This is again ridiculous - why can't I have 16GB in a portable machine from Lenovo?

The competition has the following alternatives which I will need to use:

- HP 820 G1/H2

- Dell E7240/E7250

Come on Lenovo get your act together and sort out a 12.5" laptop with 16GB RAM. PCIE SSD would be a bonus but not essential (RAM IS ESSENTIAL!).

Does anybody else feel this way? How else do we state our absolute disappointment that after a decade or more of Lenovo allegiance we have to switch? You have lost a lot of customers that I know due to this - the X230 was the last decent portable device that we could use.