I have searched for a while and it turned out that this is the only place that has discussion regarding Vostro 5460. Happy to join the conversation guys.

I have encountered few issues:
+ bad wifi, low range, if the router is in different room, the wifi dropping often and transfer speed low.
+ Intel HD4000 took ~1200MB ram constantly, regardless of usage. So actual ram is ~2900MB. I have tried both intel driver and stock driver and nothing changed.
+Dell Quickset limited configuration

Pros:
+ Quick boot time with ssd: ~10s Win 7. Mine took 22s restart time due to many apps running in background.
+Lightweight
+Long battery life (~3 hour video playback with max brightness)
...
Cons:
+ Bad wifi, you guys with i5M version can have Intel N6235 which is a lot better than N2230 (mine) and realtek, atheros (other guys)
+ Build quality is average, the laptop is not rock solid. if you lift it with one finger from one corner, the lid will open up slightly.
+ Trackpad dpi is quite low, when pairing with my bluetooth mouse (razer orochi) 2000dpi it's quite slow. Quick scholling and trackpad slightly disabled when typing is a plus.
+ Only 1 slot of ram, pro laptop ram like kingston hyperx and corsair vengeance usually come with a kit of 2x8gb ram. Dont know if low voltage ram supported.

My system: Vostro 5460 i3 3120M HD4000, 4Gb 1600C11 Ram (going to have 8Gb 1600C9 installed today) SSD Samsung 830 128Gb.

I think people with I5 M wont have any problem with wifi because they come with N6235 Business class wifi card (same with N6200)

Best option is to swap out everything that swapable in this laptop and we're good to go:d

which software are you running at that moment?

That one has dvd drive and weight 2.2kg, better off buy an haswell inspiron

dont buy this laptop because the two wifi anttena is mounted in the side of laptop, not the monitor. the result is very bad wifi

I have recently changed to this wifi card (N5460) and see no improvement (only 5mbps on 100mbps broadband but it can max my upload speed (6mbps)).

I stuck my N2230 to a Toshiba thick laptop with the antenna built into the monitor and have good reception, speed and stability --> The problems is not the card itself but the laptop antenna.

I am using a cheap realtek card RTL8723AE (G band) taken out of my Toshiba and it works better than intel card, but still limited speed based on the placement of the laptop. I conclude dell has compatibility issues with intel card and poor placement (inadequate) wifi antenna.

So frustrated I bought Linksys AE3000 in Sep 2013 and it never fails me in any categories (low latency, consistent network speed, maximize speed, etc.) but that's just too inconvenient.