any link where you buy the half size msata...

read previous posts.
owner of 5460 had no problem swapping HDD out for SSD.

may i know how big and the weight for the adapter? because i'm torn to either buy vostro 5470 or toshiba u840t for my wife. if laptop only, the vostro is lighter than the toshiba, but toshiba's power adapter is small and light. I reckon the power adapter for the vostro should be quite big and heavy since it's going to power the nvidia gc inside it, right?

tq for the info. ok maybe someday next week will go to lowyat la. lowyat there got dell showroom right?

the problem is i live ni nilai and there's not too many malls here..
perhaps when i have a meeting in kl i'll drop by at lowyat for a while

I guess is a known problem for the whole fleet of 5470 not only to this particular model.
Oh wells, will live with it. 

i call dell to replace my wifi card, i duwan the intel card. they changed it for me now i have a strong wifi connection

My laptop is Acer V5-473PG (direct competitor to Dell 5470). Unfortunately I didn't encounter any wifi problem. I am staying at hostel 4th floor but I able connect my uni wifi hotspot located at LG. Somemore you know there's many hotspot and limited wifi channels will interfere with each other to make the signal weak, but it works perfectly. I almost purchase Vostro 5470 but luckily I didn't. 

Unless I'm wrong, the mb doesn't support boot up from normal ssd (replacing hdd). However it does boot up from half size msata ssd.

Is 5460 worth getting than 5470 in that sence? what other downside of 5460 may I konw please?

My 5470 doesn't have wifi issue & its on Intel not Realtek card. However, I discovered that it cannot boot from msata despite reading several forums on this subject that it can. It seems Dell uses different MB on the Vostro model for different countries & this has lead to different experience by owners of the same model. I have also tried several bios version (A05 & A06) for 5470 downloaded from Dell Msia & Dell USA to test..no luck.

Another issue is that after installing kingfast half height msata 128GB, the nb hangs for about 80-90sec at POST. This i read could be due to incompatibility to mb. But after the longer boot up time, the bios recognizes the msata & windows could accesses the drive as per normal. There were several occasions after POST, bios could not detect msata & Windows didnt show it either. However after reboot, it gets detected. Digging further from Dell site, there is a special driver for Liteon msata but it can't be installed for other msata ssd. So I'm not sure if the Vostro only recognizes Liteon msata & require msata driver to work properly. Googling, I couldn't find anybody selling Liteon half height msata on the net. 

If i have some time will test if it can boot from 7mm ssd...

Boot sector & OS is now on hdd & msata is only another drive. POST is experiencing the boot up delay.

I tried installing Win8 in msata with & without hdd installed. While I managed to install Win 8 on msata ignoring warnings, it won't boot up from msata.

Dont know where this was copied from but my bios under advance tab dont have iRST. I have read this earlier before I bought the Vostro. However after looking at the actual bios options following my purchase, found that its not the same. Also under device boot priority, there is no msata option for me to escalate up as first boot device.

I think the msata i got might not be very compatible with this vostro. Or else POST won't hang for longer than usual. The compatibility is an issue here cause occasionally the nb wont recognize the msata. If the OS is installed there, the nb will require a hard reboot should it not recognized the msata. I dont have time at the moment to test if this vostro 5470 version can boot from ssd. I have one 7mm ssd 128gb in my nettop which I could swap over for the testing. Busy on my work matters for now... Will appreciate if others have time to try booting from ssd.

dell 5460/5470 with intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6235 for your network card .. DUAL BAND

I have recently changed to this wifi card (N5460) and see no improvement (only 5mbps on 100mbps broadband but it can max my upload speed (6mbps)).

I stuck my N2230 to a Toshiba thick laptop with the antenna built into the monitor and have good reception, speed and stability --> The problems is not the card itself but the laptop antenna.

I am using a cheap realtek card RTL8723AE (G band) taken out of my Toshiba and it works better than intel card, but still limited speed based on the placement of the laptop. I conclude dell has compatibility issues with intel card and poor placement (inadequate) wifi antenna.

So frustrated I bought Linksys AE3000 in Sep 2013 and it never fails me in any categories (low latency, consistent network speed, maximize speed, etc.) but that's just too inconvenient.

Don't ever buy DELL laptops!

I have been using DELL computers and laptops for more than 10 years, I know what I am talking about.

DELL laptops will conk out just after the warranty period. If you still insist on buying DELL desktops or laptops, pay more for longer warranty period and pray for the best.

hello guys, wanna ask what is the procedure if i want to change the wifi card in my vostro 5470? And do i have to pay if i wanna ask them (dell support) to change the wifi card to realtek one? (under warranty) thanks 

thanks! so i just have to call dell and inform them izzit? sorry for asking, pretty new with this thing