Laptop Review from Diana:

My parents bought me a Neo Empriva 572SVBx laptop for my birthday last November, which was timely because I also returned to Graduate School within that period.

It has a pre-installed Windows Vista Home Basic, which was a nice surprise because I finally get to personally try the much talked-about latest Windows OS.

I have no problems with it up to now (thankfully, it hasn’t crashed yet, hopefully it never does!), though after my Microsoft Office 2007 trial expired, I switched to OpenOffice (which I have been using since I began post-Collegiate studies) and Lotus Symphony Beta - I simply heart open-source software! And, they work like a charm on my Neo laptop! Whee!

I’ve made my switch to Neo because my first-ever laptop, an Acer Travelmate (which was way huge, heavy and hot -literally!- than my present Neo!) experience was neither happy nor memorable! I’m just glad that I found a great partner with Neo!

Thanks for your review Diana! Send us a picture, will you?

Contributed content from KTJison:

I bought my neo empriva(521yata) august 2006.
My comments:
1) heated up easily
2) poor battery life span (ngayon after almost two years of daily use) its lowbatt alarm goes on about 5 minutes after i put it on. about 1hour 20mins nong new pa sya.
3. i brought it to Japan last fall, and i noticed i had to heat it up and turn it on several times (about 3x) kasi black screen lang ang nakikita ko- was it the 110v power there?
4. im a kinda on-the-go mom with two kids using it for their Sims games (only game allowed) so I can’t say if im taking good care of it as was suggested
5. my lowly 40Gb HD overflowed with saved files (mostly pictures) and it finally crashed 18 months after it was bought (Jan 2008). here in bacolod, it’s a good thing the authorized service center is a few minutes drive from my place and they were able to reformat it with very good results. buti na lang im not in manila- where i might have to deal with delays and unnecessary text mates/ YMs.
6. sana naman… it will take longer to crash in its second life… i still really like its looks, i would wish for it to work longer for me.