My bluetooth is working fine as im using bluetooth mouse from dell also, it never got disconnected.
Agree on the McAffee, it slows down everything & it does not have the option disable the auto startup in msconfig.

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.

u can just un-install the program

my 5470 battery can last about 6 hrs+ on Dell Power Plan

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.

The Inspiron 11 3000 has longer battery run time, with Haswell Celeron + 50 WHr battery.
But Vostro 5470 with Haswell i3 ULT + 40+ ( ) WHr battery is still pretty good.

Purely personal opinion: since the 11 is smaller in dimension, when I tried to bend it, I felt it flex a bit less compared to 5460/5470. 1 thing, I find the arrow key in Inspiron 11 is a bit small

I generally find Window Defender good enough for W8

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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1j7gEiSnUs
can look at this video on 5460. Should be same adapter.

Because my office colleagues (who were on netbook) are already using it (so I molested a bit). Some of them (who do lots of field trip) decided to grab this instead of waiting for Venue Pro 11 (our current IT procurement for workstation is all Dell, other still hold out for Venue Pro 11). Their slight beef is it come with 2GB RAM standard, so they just slap a 8GB DDR3L (unfortunately only 1 RAM slot, like Vostro 5460/5470).

That Celeron should handle web browsing and FB games well.

Another thing: if you compare them side by side, Inspiron 11 is very slightly thicker than Vostro 5460/5470.

This post has been edited by nexus2238: Oct 25 2013, 12:25 PM

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?

Venue Pro 11 is a tablet though (but battery detachable), with detachable keyboard (with another battery). Not available yet. Only 1 USB port, iinm.

If you need something solid, why don't you consider Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E135? I think you could get it at ~ RM1100 now (since E145 is coming out soon).

Yes, Inspiron 11 is very slightly lighter (since it is smaller as well, I felt more portable (if you know what I meant )
Yup, same adapter size.

I am not a touch screen person on traditional form factor, so may be not the best person to ask

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.

Since you mentioned your usage for this laptop is probably web surfing and FB gaming, that AMD APU should be fine
You can upgrade the warranty on Thinkpad Edge to on site service (but I'm not familiar with standard of service by Lenovo on site support at Miri or East Malaysia, sorry )

Dell going to replace anything you complaint between warranty period

i replace network card 2 time... 1st replace with intel, 2nd time replace with realtek network card
and replace palm rest due to space bar loose...

just call them & they'll come to your doorstep?
or need to send to their service center?

if you get the on site warranty, then on site lah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hjXNJVYO-Y

notice where they were

This post has been edited by nexus2238: Oct 25 2013, 04:38 PM