Hi all,
Epilogue
After much waiting, and with little interest from Lenovo to address the issue, we have moved to HP.
Originally there was the option of getting an X230, but those are all gone. I'm right now using one of them, but, Lenovo does not sell them anymore, in fact reducing memory available for their small form factormodel to 8GB at most. In the age of big data, and data science, that is a mistake.
Moreover, thi,s, my X230 has its days counted, as it cracked on the top bezel (the magnesium support on the corner). The screen works fine, but, the thing is starting to fall appart. This compares with my original X200, likely one of the very first manufactured back in 2008, which lasted well into 2012, and 4 rounds of VC funding. That X200 is still in one piece.
The HP model we are getting is EliteBook 820.
http://h71016.www7.hp.com/dstore/html/pdfs/AMS_HP_EliteBook_820_G1_Notebook_PC_Data_Sheet.pdf
Although it does not have the fancy HD screen we would like to have, it does support 16GB and i7 processors, in a small form factor, which reduces our traveling weight, and allows us to crunch R, python, and large/multiple excel files with ease and quickly.
We tried with Apple hardware, but, windows does not play well in bootcamp, for Mac Book Pro hardware (although it works nicely on the Mac Air platform, we have well over 50 machines with that configuration). The MBP option is likely in the $2K+ fully loaded, which would not stop us from buying it, were it to work. But it doesnt.
Only HP is manufacturing a machine, for data scientists, working in Windows.
Cheers to all
sancat
