All IT, Lowyat Plaza.

Both spec wise and price wise. At the RM1700 - RM 2100 range you have a lot of other options that I feel are better spec wise, price wise, heck, even upgradability wise.

Take a look for example at the K46CB from Asus, still thin, still light, sports a 740M, heck, it sports a DVD writer if it comes to that. Downside probably that it is Asus, and you need to at least add another 2GB RAM to get full dual channel speed. This is ultimately what my customer decided to buy. And price is not much different if you factor in preinstalled OS, in this case, Windows 8.

Of course, if you are looking at the ones without windows, then the RM1700++ is tempting, but if a few hundred more gets you better specs at better value, should you just look at Dell and the name?

Mine Running Window 8 Pro.

some people prefer portability instead of graphic card and i7, since u dont fully utilize all the processor power.
asus k46 is 21mm with 2kg which is considered "normal" and common to find in the market.
dell vostro is less than an inch with 1.5kg which I think is lightweight.

as for me, personally, i dont opt for DVD drive and core i7 since i wont be using it at all. more important for me is the performance, fast boot and its lightweight. previously i was aiming for Acer S7, HP envy and also Asus Zenbook.
but there is only DELL able to offer onsite warranty / inhome service, which is a bonus for the customer. plus, the price is reasonable. its not because of the brand name we choose for Dell Vostro 5460.

means this model cannot cope with 8GB ram?
or dont tell me they got another graphic card with shared memory

I do agree with you on some points but if your battery life runs 3-4 hours, with a lot of tweaks and compromises, that means you need to bring your bag and the charger, which negates the whole super portability thing.

It would have been better for Dell to design the 5460 without the discreet graphics, add more battery power and utilize the good enough HD4000. By sticking the 630M, Dell invites the unavoidable comparison with other sub RM2K laptops with discrete graphics, and drains more power. It seemed that Dell just stuck the 630M in there probably because they may have just a lot of those chips lying around.

they does have Intel HD4000

Of course they do. What I meant is don't put the 630M at all. Use whatever space you save and put more battery power in. Get at least 5 hours battery life.

Hi all, I saw Dell online offering The Ubuntu set at RM1899. Just wanna ask can i install a Windows 7 Pro OEM version to the laptop?

Thank you

if you have the license, by all means. Just need to make sure you get all the proper drivers.

i just saw there are even cheaper 5460 model at rm 1449

ya
it comes with core i3 and 2GB ram
maybe its for budget laptop
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This post has been edited by suadrif: Jun 1 2013, 03:35 PM

dell could put in celeron dual core and it will be even cheaper

This post has been edited by jinaun: Jun 1 2013, 03:39 PM

does this Vostro 5460 uses the common Dell power adapter?
My Vostro 3450, V13 and Latitude D505 can use the same adapter.

maybe because of Vostro model is meant for business personnel
most of business person won't look into model that comes with celeron
of course Dell need to take care their market audience as well
thats why we never see XPS, and Studio model comes with celeron

looking for Msata SSD halfslim 64GB to install OS, any recommendation?
Is Vostro 5460 support msata3 or only msata2?

SATA3.0, but backward compatible with SATA2.0
PLEXTOR SSD M5M or Crucial M4
Wanna install OS better get freeDOS version, if you haven't buy it.

EDIT: Sry if made you confused. Both SATA and mSATA version is 3.0, so no worries.

This post has been edited by aristotletan: Jun 2 2013, 11:54 PM

i hv ubuntu version vostro 5460 already, which done install win7 x64 inside, but tend to add in a Msata SSD to increase the performance.

if i didn't mistake, PLEXTOR SSD M5M & Crucial M4 both not compatible with vostro 5460.
5460 use half slim msata, which half size of normal Msata ssd card.

looking for SanDisk® U100 SSD (mSATA mini) - SDSA5FK 64GB, dunno where can get it. if anyone know, pls tell me, thanks.

http://www.ssd.gb.com/Products/SanDisk_Ind..._mini/index.php

u assume or u really know?

anyone can confirm this?

Yes. He is right, and I was wrong.
According to what Dell Specialist in Chia said, he said that half-sized SSD will work, something like picture below:


But then someone asking to him that "Is there any solution to install SSD without taking HDD?"
He replied, "The only solution is since there is no ODD, so can try to use empty ODD space to put a SSD, but maybe problem like cannot detect or not compatible might occur."

Source (in Chinese)