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!