I'm still schlepping a 16GB Lenovo T420 with an i5-2520M @ 2.5GHz. Performance is fine until I load it up with 3-4 virtual machines of various flavors. Execution threads are part of the problem, so is RAM.

I started a similar thread a year or two ago, wondering why there were no options supporting more than 16GB and was provided some great information by nkedel and others. But my quest hasn't ended.

Ultrabooks are now shipping with the Broadwell architecture, which supports 4 cores/8 threads (i7 HQ) and up to 32GB of RAM. Of the current crop, they all seem to be lacking in one or more areas, unfortunately.

This week's dream machine would have these specs:

• i7-5700HQ or better
• Hardware support/socketing for 32GB RAM (yes, I know selection for 16GB SoDIMMs is limited, but I'M Intelligent Memory seems to have cracked that nut so others will follow)
• 14" FHD IPS display with discrete graphics (nVidia 950M or better)
• Support for internal/upgradeable 3rd party 2.5" SSD >= 500GB
• Support for 2nd internal SSD (M.2 is ok)
• Backlit keyboard

I'm hoping the as-yet-unannounced Lenovo T450p will at least come close, but I haven't found anything else that does. Am I missing anything?