From Dennis dR;

I’ve had my Neo laptop for 3 years. It’s an Empriva 540NX2 w/ an Intel Core 2 1.66 procie, 1Gb Ram and and 80Gb hard drive. It still performs exceptionally well under constant abusive use. I recently got a broadband connection and I’m using it as a 24/7 torrent machine. It’s been on for about two weeks and its really held up well to the torture considering I don’t have an aircon in my stuffy room. Current config is almost the same with the original specs but I upgraded the hard drive to 250Gb and the OS to WIndows Vista Ultimate. Except for the noisy exhaust fan and poor battery life (a given since it’s 3 y/o already) I’ve no other complaints with my unit.

My advise to new laptop buyers is pick a laptop that more than meets your needs. Don’t settle for something adequate for now but lacking for future use. Also, if you don’t know your way around trouble-shooting simple pc problems it’s best you stick with the name brand laptops as they will have the after market support you need.

Neo is a bang for the buck brand. If you love specs but don’t want to spend a lot I recommend you give it a try but be forewarned that their tech-support/service is deemed questionable by more than a few here.

Thanks for sharing some of your laptop experience and giving advice for all our laptop buyers. I hope with this shared experience and advice from Dennis we get our money’s worth when choosing a laptop for our needs… thanks again!

Here are more people that would like to share some laptop experiences.

From genes;

hello guys..ahmm I have my neo laptop right now and its still working heheh…but then I agree with the statements of the other neo users kasi yung friend ko bumili ng neo laptop and then after 3 months he can’t turn it on..so he brought it to the seller and the seller brought it to the tech. support…and guess what??? He wait for 3 months bago naibalik yung laptop nya..know what? pinagsisihan ko talaga ba’t ako bumili ng neo…hahay…next time DONT BUY NEO LAPTOPS.

From sirrey_70;

As of now my clevo m540 sr also known as neo basic 2160 wich cost me around 20k way back in 2007 fortunately is still alive and kicking.Cpu is Intel Celeron 1 gig ram (upgraded) Hdd 60 gig,Im running this machine everyday for more than 18 hours almost half of its life is used by my 7 year old son and a 5 year old daughter for their online games and sometimes for my emails and photo and music downloading.BTW i already posted 1 article here regarding this machine’s flickering lcd that i already self repaired.Originally OS of this product is linux change it to XP pro then Vista.Now i upgraded it with Windows 7 RC version build 7000 testing purposes only.If you have not tried Windows 7 I dare you to do so, It is more responsive than Vista and start up of it is really quick since installing it needs a clean install.Right now I am using a Huawei E 160 modem wireless broadband for my internet connection (my actual speed test result is 1.8 Mbps download much more faster than my Smart bro 999 then wich is .3 Mbps only)my Neo serves me as a host computer running almost 18 hours daily for me to have an access to the internet.My other computer is a 3 year old C500 Compaq with 2 gig of ram also running Windows 7 is the other one who connects to my Neo since I only have 2 laptops its just a waste of money to buy a router for a usb broadband wich cost a bit high as of now.For us to run our Computer smoothly install updates so we can take advantage of quick fix on it.Install OS from a reputable vendor.Also recomend to put Avg or any anti-virus program to your system and be cautious for those who are hooked on downloading in Limewire.There is nothing wrong choosing low cost brand of computers And there is nothing wrong also choosing a high end computers if you have the means to buy it.Practicality wise its better be smart to purchase something that will meet your needs not your wants since gadgets nowadays have no value tomorrow. thanks and God Bless.

Thanks for sharing more of your laptop experiences.