So far how is the vostro 5470? Is it a solid unit or a very flimsy till you feel like can bend or break the unit?

It baffles me that Dell does not give me the option to not install McAfee.

I'm thinking of vostro or that new Inspiron 11 3000 but I have not heard much feedback from that unit.

To me, battery life is king, as I travel a lot.

How large is the adapter for the 5470? I really like the size of the adapter of the Asus zenbooks due to its smaller size. pics would be nice.

How you manage to get your hands with Inspiron 11 3000. From the youtube videos I've seen, the 11 looks 'solid' although its really is made out of plastic to look like aluminium.

What bothers me a bit about the 11 is the celeron processor. Kind of worried about the performance when it comes to booting from a cold start, browsing web and play facebook level games.

Although..touch screen is nice, but I wonder if it brings any benefit when using Win 8.1.

Very hard to find shop around Miri that carries dell laptops.

I've been looking for netbook level laptop unfortunately Dell as well as other manufacturer simply stop producing it as they deemed netbook a dead category.

Inspiron 11 3000 would very much fit my needs, unfortunately the price comes so close to more powerful vostro.

Venue Pro 11? How many USB ports (not including mini) does it have? I require at the very least, 2 full size USB ports.

But lighter, right? Same adapter size as well? Do you feel the Inspiron 11 touch screen is 'worth' it?

I checked the unit, although I would prefer to get the latest one (E145) but the unit runs on AMD processor.

Still prefer dell due to its excellent on site service.

Err that port can fit. Almost every ultrabook have port that can be retracted to fit the RJ45.

So I decided to bite the bullet and get a Dell Inspiron 11 3000. Not sure if it will be a better choice over 5470. Good thing I can always sell it to another friend who is looking for such laptop.

Too bad it will arrive sometime middle of November.

Online order. I expected to receive the unit middle of November.

Piece of cake but honestly it would still sucks because your brand new laptop had to straight away get repair, and the technician gets to take its 'virginity' before the actual owner.

I hope my Dell won't be DOA.

Yeah, I know how it feels. I got my Galaxy Note II touch screen issue and it was barely 3 days old. Ask for repair and they did, but the repair left an unpleasant mark. While not so obvious, its still made me feel like I got a refurbish unit.

My order suddenly went 2 days earlier.

Seems like overheat issue? Check temp of the CPU?

Got myself 2 year warranty for my coming soon laptop.

Huh..my Dell unit arrived earlier than expected.

I'm thinking of opening a new thread about this unit. The Inspiron thread in specific laptop discussion seems to be dead.