Aww shucks.. well.. atleast its quite affordable nowdays at rm2160 here on lowyat forums. nIll post some more tests on this lappy once i get it.

btw, thanks for all the info! really helped me decide

Can anyone confirm that this uses the 7mm or the 9.5mm HDD? I wanna get an ssd for it.

This post has been edited by rafazafar: Sep 17 2013, 10:20 AM

Laptop SSD mostly expensive than desktop one right?...

Get the HDD model number from Device Manager and do a Google search, you may get all the technical specs there, including if its a 7mm or 9.5mm model.

Are you talking about mSata based SSD or SSD that replaces the hard disk? Two different things there. If Hard Disk replacement SSD then no difference - Almost all HDD replacement SSD comes in 2.5", with a 3.5" caddy for fitting into a desktop.

Oh.. I see, so if use SSD only no use HDD also can la?

I dont have the laptop yet. Havent reached probably tomorrow, ingat beli sekarang the ssd can just mirror the hdd onto the sdd. Less problems

Can, but if u need to keep alot of data then its going to be expansive lah. Cari primary SSD, secondary HDD. so system is fast and u also get the space.

Ok, got it. Thank you

RM2160? Thats cheap. I went to Lowyat Plaza and asked around, and the best price was 2199 if I remember properly. Where did you buy it?

rm30 cheaper only lol. search on the forums garage sale.

mfitry77, ada m-sata!? sure?

I see the mSata point when I opened the back, as you can also see from the picture pasted here. Whether or not Acer actually wired the msata point properly to allow it to be used is the question.

Didn't actually have a msata on hand to check. I only stock full size SSD.

How is this unit when compared to this?

Vostro 5460 is i3 and the other is i5 loh..

that is 5470, haswell model.
for 5460, its a 3rd gen processor
for 5470, its a 4th gen processor.
core i5 is slightly expensive, add another rm100 but no touch screen
for me, i rather choose Dell Vostro instead of Acer due to onsite warranty

Acer V5 Physical Characteristics:
Height (Front) 20 mm
Height (Rear) 22.85 mm
Width 340.0 mm
Depth 240.0 mm
Weight (Approximate) 2.00 kg

in my opinion, a thin, slim and light laptop should be less than 25mm and less than 2kg
i m ok with Acer v5 thin and slim but not for its weight.

if compare head on,
Acer V5 gives advantage on dual graphic (Nvidia + Intel) and touchscreen display
while Dell Vostro 5470 gives advantage on light, less than 1.5kg with onsite warranty.
since i am not fan of touchscreen, i would go for Dell

I'm wondering whether swapping the HDD to SSD and adding RAM will void the warranty. Any thoughts?

And if swap the HDD to SSD, what will happen to the pre-installed W8?

The touch screen display got me stumped in picking between Vostro and Acer. For roughly the same price, acer gives me touch screen, but heavy, while vostro no touch screen, but lighter.

How useful would a touch screen for a laptop with Win8 anyway?

Not useful at all
At least not on a non-convertible notebook

one more thing i would like to ask the owners of this lappy. I just got mine and whenever im transfering files the 473pg lags like mad. It sometimes even hangs(cant move my cursor for a while). Any of you have this issue? now im resetting my pc, will probably take 2-3hours. Thanks.

Hi all I'm thinking to get this real soon, but I came across that the GT740M might come with either GK107 (128bit bus width) or GK208 (64 bit bus width) ver., and I believe that the GK107 ver.is stronger (not sure by how much), can anyone pls confirm which ver. u got? And from which seller?

This post has been edited by ironcrowz: Sep 22 2013, 03:24 PM

i had seen my friend's lenovo z500..its screen really seem not so good..acer v5 473 had a better screen compare to lenovo z500 or z400?n wats the different between acer v5-473 n lenovo z400 touch?beside z400 have dvd rom while v5 don have?and lenovo giving a 2 years warranty right?how bout acer?

This post has been edited by martian7793: Sep 21 2013, 11:09 PM

I want to get the Vostro 5470. Anyone knows where to get it besides online from Dell? Looking at the lowyat pricelists, doesn't seem like anyone currently carries this Dell model....