hmm, i have try other unit with window 8 OS, the speaker work fine, perhaps , ur ubuntu speaker driver not proper ?

If i plugged in my jack half way in, suddenly the speaker come alive...

Unboxed but yet to power on. Met my expectation so far. It's really light.

Pictures.

Brushed aluminum.


Back portion.


Side view.


Power adaptor block kinda ugly. Palm rest is brushed aluminum. Keyboard area and side are all plastic.


Ubuntu; soon be gone.


This post has been edited by pastacarbonara: May 17 2013, 10:16 PM

Hey 5460 owners. Congrats on getting yourselves a extremely value for money unit! I'd like to ask what you guys think about the trackpad. I tried it in lowyat yesterday. Doesn't seem to be very accurate and sensitive. Adjustable? Thanks.

Just a tip for users who are using the i5 base and planning to downgrade to W7P 32-bit, Dell does not provide driver for the Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230.

The driver provided by Dell on the support site is for Realtek and it won't install on W7P. It should be Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230.

You can download the driver directly from Intel here.

Been scratching my head after installing W7P and all Dell provided drivers but driver for 'Network Controller' is still missing.

HTH.

For those who wish to install or using Linux like Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Chakra and etc... there is some issue with the sound drivers.

I have installed Windows 7 to test it out and my machine speaker does work thus ruling out the famous Dell defective sense pin failure in the jack..

I am reinstalling back my sweet Kubuntu back and wait for the fix to be done...

so devour.. this is my feedback for the speaker... not hardware failure

indeed it is not really sensitive (if i compare it with Lenovo T420s) but I still figure it out on how to improve with via the setting in Linux...

it is very thin and light as well...


here is the rest palm area.. Touch pad is not very sensitve tho..


Nice keyboard to type..

nice
but seems like red is more attractive to me
btw, scarxxx the speaker is very good run with win7?

yo bro suadrif here is my feedback on the speaker:-

Basically I just install the Win7 ultimate (pirate version) without any proper driver from Realtek, it works decently. It work out of the box in Windows 7.

To compare, the sound is not as loud as my company lappie which is Lenovo T420s. I don't really listen to music via laptop speaker

One more thing I want to mention here, for those who have some doubt with the UEFI, it can be switched to Legacy mode and the Secure Boot can be turned off too. So for those Linux enthusiast, there is no worries installing your favorite distro on it.

This post has been edited by scarxxx: May 19 2013, 11:52 PM

I saw from spec say max RAM is 4GB, if u able to upgrade to 8GB. Please let me know.

which spec and model of vostro 5460 u saw max ram is 4gb ?

I think he meant by the all the spec of the laptop is only 4GB only.. He wanted to know whether it able to take in 8GB or not..

I found the Manual Book online. Here is the link: http://goo.gl/XfXqd

This post has been edited by scarxxx: May 20 2013, 02:00 PM

yeah i upgrade to 8gb ram..take out the original ram..only 1 memory slot though

Yes its not hard to upgrade, just unscrew back cover, flip the clip

so your 8G RAM is working properly?
I ask because Dell's manual somehow stated the max supported RAM is only 4G, and some prospective buyers are worried that when 4G is not enough, cannot upgrade to 8G RAM stick

ya can upgrade,dont worry

pardon the noob question, if we take out the back cover does it void the warranty? (i never open the back cover before, scare =.=)

it would not, unless u urself broke this clip / cover / screw..hehe

This post has been edited by devour: May 20 2013, 06:02 PM

icic

im still waiting for more reviews before place an order