Since we are on the battery topic, may I know how long does your battery last? Mind sharing how long you get out of your laptop to those who owns 5470? I can't seems to find any proper review on this dell laptop? I would appreciate if you could share me the link if there is any

- Yes it may have voltage cut off circuit but that circuit can fail (rare but it can happen), and when this happens there is nothing left to safe your battery. Read here for better understanding: http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article...based_batteries

I used to believe what you believe in the past (based on what I read by others) but last year my phone battery started to fail because I always leave it charging overnight. The next morning woke up, the phone battery is bulging. Battery started to fail after that and since that incident I never leave my devices charging overnight (although sometimes I do forget to remove the charger).

- Yes there is nothing wrong with non-removeable batteries. This is the trend now, they are using polymer battery which is thinner & lighter but performs same as lithium (your vivobook is not using lithium ion but polymer). Manufacturing cost is slightly higher so if you need to replace it, it would cost a bit more. Lifespan on the other hand is same, as long as you follow the guide on how to prolong your lithium battery there is nothing to worry about. I am also using non-removable battery in my asus zenbook & it is still performing in good condition after a year plus.

thank you for your kind feedback. Greatly appreciated.

No problem, I am also thinking of getting this model for my sis haha. The issue cannot install ssd is bugging me though.

In short, nothing wrong with non-removeable batteries. If you are not unlucky, the battery should last for few years. These kind of battery reduces the laptop weight a lot, I went lowyat plaza yesterday & wow, this laptop is light lol. Almost as light as my zenbook

Was thinking of the asus U38DT but after reading reviews, seems like that cpu is nothing close to this Else I would have gotten that because its build quality is much better Also I see brightstar offers 3 years warranty with just RM10 extra, anyone knows about this? Is it legit? Its too cheap that I am kinda suspicious

Yes, I even confirmed with Dell by calling the technical team up (Malaysian 5470 isn't compatible with SSD)

I got an idea for you, pass your ASUS to your sis

Man, this sucks. I guess no choice but to buy the one with the mSata ssd

Told her, she dont want haha. Because last time also I pass my old HP laptop to her, now she wants a "NEW" laptop. She say dont want 2nd hand stuff anymore liao

I think the mSATA SSD is for caching only but the install the OS there I'm not too sure already.

Ohh haha, I would have grabbed it if I were her Super nice ultrabook wei, and somemore free

yep
thanks for the correction
last time it was lithium and now changed already
didn't notice that coz seldom flip my laptop to check it at the bottom

but anyhow, there's no obvious reason to stop me using non-removable battery
i think most of the batteries are having similar range of lifespan
perhaps when the battery is starting to spoil, we are changing to newer laptop

I have a plextor ssd, if I get this laptop maybe i'll just swap it & try (if she allows). Don't have any high hopes but hopefully it can boot up

some say its possible to install the OS at the mSATA
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forum...1352=2#20491831

http://fashion.pconline.com.cn/article_source/200070.html

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/notebook...sd-4242559.html

This post has been edited by enduser: Dec 27 2013, 07:02 PM

reading from the posts above I understand that the vostro 5470 does not support SSD. As a vostro 5460 owner, I was planning on upgrading to a Samsung EVO 840 SSD. Could you guys tell me if the vostro 5460 supports SSD?

I might not have the Vostro 5470, but I can't seem to imagine how could a laptop not support SSD since either, a) said laptop uses standard SATA HDD spinners, can be easily replaced with a SSD or, b) uses mSATA which ONLY comes with SSD flavour.. OR.. c) Flash Memory directly soldiered on the motherboard which, also means it's using SSD..

*confused*

The thing I dont understand the most is even if it can detect hdd only, why settle for 5400rpm hdd?? Why not straight use 7400rpm drives?

It seems the 5460 supports it according to Alexdino

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=65089257

Thing about the 5470 as clarified by Dell Malaysia FB page (which is non existent now lol)

There are 2 version of the 5470

1) Notebook- Which is what is being sold here in Malaysia <--- Not compatible with SSD
2) Ultrabook- in other countries <---- This would be compatible with SSD

I don't know what's the big deal with the motherboard but people have been having problems booting from the SSD, refer back to page 38 on this thread or:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjIPTCDos_k

Please tell me this works

I know about this new product but they kinda cost a bomb, close to RM1k if not mistaken

Really? Oh mai gawd, didnt know the price LOL. Thought gonna be priced something like momentus xt

Yeah, USD299

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7540/western...-25-form-factor

Momentus XT is a more inferior technology.

read previous posts.
owner of 5460 had no problem swapping HDD out for SSD.

extended warranty from shop, not from brand directly. Usual caveat applied

Awaiting my new 5470 delivery. Yeah, taken the one with mSATA and i3 for RM2K only. Gonna use for normal office works stuff, web browsing and watching movie.