5470 only available in Windows 8

thanks for the answer.how do we know that our choice is not touchscreen?

only the RM2149 have the touch screen as standard

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.

I'm not having a pleasant feeling about this.. Should I get a refund? What do you guys suggest?

on Dell website, only spec with W8.
but through retail re-sellers, there is a model spec with i5, no-touch screen, FreeDOS (mean you have to get and install W7 yourself). You can check with re-sellers on LYN garage sales section. Re-sellers can still help to extend warranty upon purchase. There are W7 drivers for 5470 on Dell website.

fingers cross
btw, so conservative one, not easy to find those with "virginity" intact (just kidding, just kidding)

The technician should be with you today or tomorrow?
Let the technician fix it, you observe (and know your laptop inside out ) and ask questions.
If after this fix more problems occur within few days (keep in mind the RMA period), then quickly call again, this time ask for refund / replacement (unit is unfortunately but probably a lemon fingers cross )

Wow, that sucks man. This will be my last Dell that i'm getting..but so far Ive not had much problems with the 5470, mostly software problems, a sucky touchpad and a HDD bottleneck.

BTW, does anyone know if TechArmory from ss15, Subang Jaya is still operational? I want to get the 8Gb ram, but this guy never seems to reply emails.

This post has been edited by shawnme: Oct 30 2013, 09:17 AM

The technician came today and replaced the lcd. Took roughly about 40-50 minutes. No problem so far but I am still considering a refund. The new feeling has vanished too quick, lol.

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.

not sudden lah. Initial estimate by Dell is always with margin for error. So when parts available earlier, payment processed faster, courier service scheduled earlier, we get to receive "earlier". There are times the whole universe seems to go against us, and end up shipment is delayed

After tested my Vostro 5470 for almost a week, I can conclude that the wifi is sucks.

I had my iPhone, iPad & another Lenovo laptop together next with the vostro 5470, all device was connected to my wifi where the Vostro unable to detect the wifi. The distance between my Unifi router & all the devices is less than 10m (distance by a wall).

I don't think is the router problem because all other devices was connected except my 5470.

Might need to call Dell & get them to resolve this issue for me...

I got my package 3 days earlier than promised delivery date...

Guys, for those who has updated their vostro to windows 8.1, there's a whole bunch of driver updates apparently released on the 28/10/13.

So update away.

Also, any advice on how to use the battery wisely so to prolong it's lifespan?

This post has been edited by shawnme: Oct 31 2013, 11:30 AM

I updated to 8.1 & checked windows update, but nothing new to download?

i got mine from dell.com.my for vostro 5470 running windows 8.1

the auto detect does not work for me though..no idea why. Emailed dell about it but no reply. So i just compared it to my system and another reference i use is the release date.

This post has been edited by shawnme: Oct 31 2013, 11:38 AM


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I dont understand. Everytime i start the laptop, my HDD activity is at 100% for at least a good 10 minutes before it goes to normal. And in this 10 minutes, everything is lagging.

I did monitor my task manager, and i've also googled up the few applications thats hogging the HDD activity and they all seem to be pretty important services. Example: Service Host, Antimalware Executable, System..etc

anyone else experience this? or is there something wrong with my HDD

Some of the services at start up by default should be 'start delayed'.. try to disable some services if it make any diff.

are you running it at 2.4GHz band or 5GHz band?
Try 5GHz band and see if it help.