The portfolio of Dell UK Vostro 5470 review can find a variety of laptop models – more expensive and cheaper, thinner and thicker, more beautiful and standard, but there are some universal machine, which for relatively little money offer just a little bit: the design, and stuffing. Around this is a Dell UK Vostro 5470 review, whose sales in Russia started in early 2014, especially since the manufacturer is positioning it as a casual option with a functional business hotel.

Design – Dell UK Vostro 5470 review

The notebook, in principle, does not cause any enthusiastic emotions – sort of a gray-office device in black, small, and lightweight, in general, everyday. However, the cover is made of aluminum with traces of machining, which gives it a dose of self-confidence and improves reliability rating. Exactly in the center of the mirror is logo just above it – three tiny holes external microphone. Color, according to the classification of Dell, called “flake graphite” (Graphite Silver), also commercially available modification of the device with a fiery red cap (Fire Red).

The bottom is made of durable rough plastic. It has a standard vent, rubber feet for support and some information about the device. In addition, there are four bars, two of which are decorative and two speakers and a small subwoofer – a pleasant and very unexpected finding.

By the way, the dimensions of the laptop are 338x234x18 mm, and the body itself a little pointed, therefore forms an image of a very elegant and at the same time, business favors. Laptop Dell UK Vostro 5470 review weighs 1.53 kg, which is quite a bit, if you take the Dell UK Vostro 5470 review in the trip.

Display, audio, web camera – Dell UK Vostro 5470 review

For the Dell UK Vostro 5470 review screen was used 14-inch TN-matrix with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels. There does not exist a touchscreen, although commercially available such modification laptop. Viewing angles are not different latitude that is logical and in accordance with the capacity of the matrix. Also, the level of maximum illumination is too small – it does not exceed 150 cd / m 2, and is not very convenient in the glossy coating which actively glare in bright light. If we add to this a mediocre color reproduction, it is safe to say that the screen is the weak link of the laptop.

Dell UK Vostro 5470 review audio system represented by a pair of speakers, 1.5 W each, and built-in subwoofer output of 2 watts. Supported Technologies Wave MaxxAudio 4.0. If you just want a minimum and average volume, so deficiencies in the work of this duo you will not notice, but if you turn up the volume above the average level, the sound is barely legible, and because of this irritating.

1 megapixel webcam is located on its traditional place – the top of the screen bezel. It works very well, translating the image clearly. A nice bonus is the external microphone, the points of which are located on the lid of the Dell UK Vostro 5470 review.

Keyboard and Touchpad – Dell UK Vostro 5470 review

Island keyboard in this laptop Dell UK Vostro 5470 review is very compact, is located in a small depression of plastic. Keys are also plastic, the distance between them is small, quite likely accidental pressing. In addition, in the nests of the buttons present backlash that forces adapt to this style of work with a keyboard.

Key black, with white and blue markings. The latter is provided by a series of functions and buttons of the switch unit, as well as on the [Fn]. Backlit keyboard is not provided, but there is a fingerprint scanner, which sends the model to the neighbors to other business laptop line. Sensor works very quickly, opening, or, conversely, blocking access to the data inside the laptop Dell UK Vostro 5470 review.

Outside the zone of the keyboard is the power button. It is located right on the [Delete]. On a number of [F1] – [F12] – three-point LED (switching, battery and hard drive activity).

This notebook uses a fairly large touchpad in which zone of mouse buttons separated by a vertical stripe. He is very sensitive and supports a variety of MultiTouch gestures, which is very convenient to manage.

Performance – Dell UK Vostro 5470 review

Dell UK Vostro 5470 review (5470-3142) works with the operating system Linux. In this modification of the laptop Dell UK Vostro 5470 review is equipped with a low-voltage processor Intel Core i3-4010U, built on the top architectural generation Haswell. He does not support JavaScript Turbo Boost, so the clock speed is limited to index 1.7 GHz, but uses a multi-threaded Hyper-Threading to handle two processor cores four threads simultaneously. Power Core i3-4010U enough to address a wide variety of office and multimedia tasks – editing text, surf the web and stuff, especially since it supports new instructions AVX2 and has 3 MB cache in the third level. TDP of the processor is only 15 watts, so its presence in the slim Dell UK Vostro 5470 review is very appropriate.

The graphics subsystem of the notebook includes two graphics cards – the built-in Intel HD Graphics 4400 and discrete NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M. The first is a low-voltage version similar to the processor works with 20 actuators at a frequency of 1000 MHz. Due to architectural improvements GT2 version and increased the number of functional units, HD Graphics 4400 is more powerful than the HD 4000 (Ivy Bridge). By the way, it is very nice to handle video, because it has a 4K decoder and encoder Quick Sync.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M – this is the average level of graphics capability, capacity, which is enough to play some games even at high settings. For example, with 160 fps at a resolution of 1366×768 at high settings will FIFA 14 (2013), Total War: Rome II (2013) under the same conditions shows 39 fps. Well, if you lower the settings to medium, then, for example, in Titanfall (2014) get about 37 frames per second. As regards the technical characteristics of a video card, it has 2GB of internal memory DDR3, uses 384 shader and works at speeds up to 810 MHz.

Under the RAM in the laptop there is only one slot in our equipment it is packed with 4 GB standard DDR3L-1600 MHz, the maximum possible amount is limited to 8 GB.

With regard to the volume of storage, we consider a complete set with 500 GB HDD with the speed of 5400 rev / min and the interface SATA II. In general, commercially available variations with hard drive 1 TB, 500 GB HDD symbiosis and a 32 GB SSD, as well as with the sole SSD-drive capacity of 128 GB.

Ports and Communications – Dell UK Vostro 5470 review

Marginalia on the left of the body are Kensington lock, power connector, 2 x USB 3.0 (one of them support JavaScript PowerShare) and card reader SD. All of them are concentrated on the end of the half nearer to the hinges, thus leaving empty its greater part.

Right there is the same – occupied only a part of the casing. Here are the HDMI, one USB 3.0, RJ-45 and a combined audio jack. What can I say, a set of connectors offers only the most necessary, which, in principle, should be enough for a comfortable office use.

On the front side there is no indication as to the rear delivered three ventilation grilles.

The list of available wireless communications presents Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0. Also there is support for technology WiDi.

Battery – Dell UK Vostro 5470 review

Battery in the laptop is rather full, he built and located under a common cover bottom. The volume of a 3-cell lithium-ion battery is 51.2 Wh, and its ability to complex with energy efficient filling enough for nearly six hours of video playback and a little more than nine hours to work with a text editor.

To charge the notebook using the AC adapter, the power of 65 watts.

Conclusion – Dell UK Vostro 5470 review

Configuration cost Dell UK Vostro 5470 review, discussed in this review, is about $ 500. For this price, it is possible to put up with poor quality screen, non-ideal acoustics or limited memory, the more so that the laptop has become the owner of a very successful ligament processor + discrete graphics, capacious battery and universal appearance 14-inch form factor. In addition, a nice bonus is the presence of a fingerprint scanner and the availability of a variety of complete sets on sale – for example, a touch screen, a powerful processor and plenty of RAM / disk subsystem. However, the battery in the other models remains the same, therefore, autonomy is not the same. As a result, Dell UK Vostro 5470 review, of course, far not perfect, but all the advantages, coupled with the low price make it a very good buy.

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In the report, with the presentation of an updated line of Dell Inspiron, I mentioned that the company, understanding the difficult realities of the Ukrainian market with a floating exchange rate of the dollar, moving toward a reduction in the average price of their product. The customer always has a choice – to go after fresh news and overpay a little or buy a product cheaper a year ago.

Not always the motivating factor is the only price tag, because it is important to understand that the old models already “run-in” users, the future buyer can easily find out about all the possible pitfalls of using future purchasing. It is for this reason that we have decided not to pursue novelty, and take a test device in 2013 – a laptop Dell Vostro 5470 , which now can be found for $ 640.

Packaging and accessories – Dell Vostro 5470

The laptop comes in a handy cardboard box with carrying handle. Inside, between the foam inserts, is actually the hero of the review and brand charger. Last unified laptop company Dell, use the charging device from another manufacturer will not work. The power supply size slightly smaller than the analogs. In secret around the world will reveal the secret of a small enterprise. In the next series of notebooks and ultrabooks the company will gradually reduce the size of the power supply, bringing it up to the size of comparable products Apple. A very wise decision, because modern charging takes a lot of space and create a lot of inconvenience.

Given the fact that the Dell Vostro 5470 is made to a greater extent of metal, it would be wise to complement it as a no transport bag

Design and Ergonomics – Dell Vostro 5470

To begin, I suggest the reader to solve the problem. Given: a laptop with a diagonal of 14 inches, weighing 1.53 kg and 18.3 mm thick. Question: “Can you call the device ultrabook?”

In one of my previous notes, comments rightly reminded me that the term “ultrabook” was introduced by Intel and includes the need to meet certain standards. Despite the lack of a touch screen and a solid state drive, I would still be carried Dell Vostro 5470 is in ultrabuchny segment. Let this little slice of subjectivism poprisutstvuet in the review.

Laptop lid is covered by an aluminum plate, decorated with the logo of the manufacturer. With all the visual appeal, this decision is suffering from reduced durability. It is for this reason that I thought that it would be nice to get a bag to carry the notebook. However, it all depends on the accuracy of a specific owner.

On the left side of the Dell Vostro 5470 is a pair of high-speed USB-ports, a card reader and a power connector.

The right side is home to more than one port USB 3.0, HDMI, Ethernet and 3.5mm jack combined.

Located behind the nozzle of the heat sink is pretty practical solution.

Downstairs except stickers with service information there is another grate cooling system, a pair of speakers and a subwoofer. Use of the latter was a pleasant surprise.

The stability of the laptop on a surface is provided by six feet. Four of them are arranged along the perimeter made from rubber and reliably fix the device on the table. Also, in the middle there are a couple of extra plastic clips.

By the way, the laptop is perfectly balanced by the center of gravity. This means that the cover can be folded with one finger without much effort. The “body” of the notebook kept stable on the surface.

Island keyboard is comfortable enough, the angles of the side buttons a little rounded. Irritation caused by the fact that the metal plate under the keyboard flexes notably during operation. The touchpad is large enough, is a one-piece plate. Comfortable working with him, especially after setting the gestures in the corporate application. Located slightly to the right fingerprint scanner.

Screen – Dell Vostro 5470

Laptop display is framed by a fairly wide plastic frame with rubber feet designed to protect it from damage.

Dell Vostro 5470 is equipped with a TN + film matrix with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels and a diagonal of 14 inches. This is a good budget solution. On the one hand the laptop screen can be called the weakest link. On the other – its price and comparison with its closest competitors a little smooth experience. In the line of 14-inch devices weighing less than two pounds and a price tag of up to 10 thousand. UAH I could not find a single candidate with the best matrix. Possibly correct me in the comments.

Viewing angles, as for TN + film, rather broad, as well as the maximum angle of the display.

Camera – Dell Vostro 5470

Dell Vostro 5470 is equipped with a camera, taking pictures in the resolution of 1 megapixel with video recording at 720p.

Camera work, I was very pleased. The picture does not look like a blurred, as is usually the case with a simple modules in laptops. Night mode provides a small diode issuing thin ray of light, powerful enough to illuminate your face, but not enough to blind owner.

Particularly pleased with the quality of the sound recording to the built-in microphone during intercourse in Hangouts.

Sound – Dell Vostro 5470

The notebook has a pair of speakers to 1.5 W and a subwoofer output of 2 watts. Sound system format 2: 1 for a laptop – a nice bonus.

Fine tune the sound meets Wave MaxxAudio technology and software.

The final result can be considered more than satisfactory. Stock volume at a decent laptop, not least thanks to the subwoofer, and advanced features. Alas, at maximum volume just starting to distort the sound. On the other hand, the comfortable operation I was quite half of the maximum level, respectively, the sound quality can be said to be good.

Pre-installed OS – Dell Vostro 5470

In one of his notes about Ultrabooks Impression I have briefly analyzed whether to sell the device with pre-installed, or leave the choice to the user. Out of the box Dell Vostro 5470 running OS adapted Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Alas, the test sample to us bestowed with Windows 7 on board, so the OS family of penguin us test failed. Interestingly, the manufacturer’s website also contains the availability models with preinstalled Windows 8. It is logical that the price tag on it above. Claims to the operating system during the test Dell Vostro 5470 does not arise. The manufacturer’s website is available full set of drivers for this model.

Performance and iron – Dell Vostro 5470

The notebook is based on Intel Core i3-4010U fourth generation. This low-voltage dual-core processor operates in four streams, built on an architecture Haswell and made 22-nm process technology. Support for automatic overclocking (technology Turbo Boost) is missing, so you’ll have to settle for frequencies in the 1.7 GHz per core.

Integrated graphics chip Intel Graphics 4400 suitable for use in low-power mode. For more serious problems provided a discrete graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M. This particular notebook decision was issued in 2013, the year and well-proven. Discrete chip is automatically enabled when you select the “Performance Mode”.

RAM in the laptop 4 GB, which is enough by today’s standards for a mid-level tasks. Also, the manufacturer provides the possibility of increasing the amount of memory up to 8 GB. Such a move will extend the useful life of the device for at least another year.

Internal HDD low speed – 5400 r / min, has a capacity of 500 GB. Among the modifications Dell Vostro 5470 are also available options with SSD-drive, but selling them to me could not be found.

If you judge the overall performance of the device, I would like to mention one thing. It seems to me that a team of mobile Intel Core i3 and discrete graphics GeForce GT 740M bit balanced. Looks more logical choice option with Intel Core i5-4200U on board. Senior processor already supports Turbo Boost technology and will allow fully unleash the potential of video games and other demanding tasks. This is a reasonable choice, given the low supplement for a more powerful processor.

Cooling system copes with confidence. Under load, the operation noise increases, but remains within the normal range. Heat level is low, with a laptop, you can work comfortably on your lap.

Autonomy – Dell Vostro 5470

As it should be quite thin, and performance of the laptop, which claims to be the Ultrabook, autonomy should be quite high. Manufacturer site indicates only the presence of a three-element lithium-ion battery (48.6 ~ 51.2 Wh). However, I found no mention of the alleged level of autonomy.

In practice, the average result is about 6 hours. When watching a video or game load index falls to about 4.5 hours. Surfing the web or working with documents is not much load device, allowing it to run for about 7 hours.

Very cleverly implemented energy-saving profiles – with low battery level of brightness is automatically reduced. Also, thanks to the fine-tuning, you can choose the type of graphics used for different tasks and timeout backlight is turned off. By default, the Dell Vostro 5470 screen turn off after a few minutes of inactivity. On the one hand it was a bit strange and surprising at first, but then you get used.

Complete the AC adapter from the AC 65 ​​Watt laptop charges in about 2 hours of a penny. Good figure, almost like a smartphone.

Competitors – Dell Vostro 5470

One of the competitors Dell Vostro 5470 laptop, I would note Impression U141-i34010, which is also made of metal and has the same amount of on-board RAM, HDD capacity and the processor Intel Core i3-4010U.

On the side of the laptop Impression nice price tag of $ 560 on the site of the manufacturer , a couple of hours more autonomy and a little better keyboard with a monolithic plate underneath. On the other hand, Impression U141-i34010 has more weight (1.9 kg vs. 1.53 at Dell), relatively quiet speakers. Also, it does not have a discrete GPU, which may be critical for those who are important in graphics performance.

Conclusions – Dell Vostro 5470

Dell Vostro 5470 can be considered a successful and balanced model. Critical flaws which could cause user rejection of the laptop is not. At an average price of $ 640 laptop can be considered a good buy, even though a year ago. The competition in its price segment, it is highlighted by the presence of performance of discrete graphics, decent speakers, energy efficient platform from Intel and an attractive appearance. If you are seriously thinking about buying a Dell Vostro 5470, I would advise you to pay a little extra for a version based on the Intel Core i5. That it will help to unleash the full potential of the device.

What we liked while working with the Dell Vostro 5470:

• Nice design, the presence of metal in construction
• Good stock volume
• Webcam adapted to night work
• Performance and energy efficiency platform
• Quiet and efficient cooling system
• Opportunity to expand the memory up to 8 GB
• Adequate cost

What’s not to like about the laptop Dell Vostro 5470:

• Sags metal plate under the keyboard
• I would like better performance processor (which is feasible due to the choice of the model with Intel Core i5 on board)
• Type of matrix screen with all the attendant

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