sorry i did not, i just changed the hdd to ssd, try other forummer.. i think they import from china.

no one sells it locally.
i bought from taobao, 64gb cost me around 250.. i buy through lowyat taobao agent, with a lil bit extra charges.
sandisk msata 64gb u100... best brand u can get in taobao.. other china brand use sataII msata which tops at 100mb/s write.. mine tops at 300mb/s
boot <10second no prob.

for Vostro 5460 problem can try to PM me, im using it to the max. already played around with it and i guess i can answer all question. cheers.

how's the keyboard, build quality, touchpad, battery life etc for this lappy? planning to get vostro 5470 i3 with touch screen for my wife. i think the only difference 5460 and 5470 is the cpu right? the 5470 is using haswell instead of ivy bridge.. any other difference?

cpu and gpu.

So, any 5470 users managed to install SSD as a boot drive?

Any updates or new users? This SSD incompatibility issue is really bugging my head

This is probably why they are not bundling the SSD deal in the new 5470.

From what I know, there are 2 variants for this notebook:

1) Notebook

2) Ultrabook

Malaysian version is option 1, which isn't compatible with SSD.

This 5470 model come with 32GB mSATA ssd http://www.dell.com/my/p/vostro-5470/pd?oc..._id=vostro-5470

This post has been edited by enduser: Dec 26 2013, 08:08 AM

Kinda overpriced in my opinion. Extra 32GB SSD for close to RM500

Noob question here:

Inspiron 14R i5-4200U vs. Vostro 5470 i5-4200U
Both come with same video card, mem size & HDD size. Price about the same.

Which one should I get?

5470 because its lighter

depend on what u need. if u frequently buy dvd film from ahbeng at pasar malam then better buy 14R
but if like lightweight then take the 5470 coz it has OpticalDriver-less feature tht save a lot of weight

32GB mSSD got touch screen. the other one non touch screen

how bout the non-removable battery?..it doesnt bother u guys?.. i'm still divided over it..whether to get a model with non-removable battery onot..

it doesnt bother me much coz i m not taking it out frequently.
why u bother bout it?

when u say u not taking it out, u mean u not taking the laptop out or not taking the battery out?..

anyway, my concern is that the battery cannot be removed even when the comp is plugged into a power outlet.

am worried that this will shorten the lifespan of the battery...but then again, i read online that nowadays the battery life wont b affected juz because the lappie is plugged into a power outlet...thats y i'm a bit confused there.

It will, charging will heat up the battery. Heat is the number one battery killer, that's why it's always advisable to avoid subjecting it to a lot of heat.

laptop since year 2011 is having less problem with their battery
if u can see in recent Dell, Asus and Toshiba laptop, their battery is not charging once it fully charged
they have auto-cut off feature to prevent the battery from overcharging
even if this feature is not available, our nowadays Lithium ion battery still can long lasting

the only reason people questioning about non-removable battery is because the heat from the laptop motherboard itself (either cpu, gpu or anything) but not from the charging process.

anyway, back to the original question, i wouldn't mind if its the battery non-removable
i travel a lot and i use a slim ultrabook (asus vivobook) with less area for heat dissipation, plus with non-removable battery, but i still satisfied with the battery lifespan.