Neo outs first Pine Trail netbook locally

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief January 23, 2010 · 1 min read

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Local PC manufacturer Neo could be the first one to release their own version of Pine Trail netbook, starting with Neo Basic B3230 and with a competitive retail price of Php18,995.

Neo Basic B3230
Intel Atom N450 1.6GHz
Intel GMA 3150
10.2â€ display @ 1024×600 pixels
2GB DDR2 RAM
320GB HDD
WiFi 802.11 b/g
1.3MP webcam
3-in-1 card reader

I was told that these will carry the same design as the previous Neo Basic netbook but will have the upgraded specs. Not sure though what the standard battery is — either a 4-cell Lithium Polymer or a 6-cell Li-Ion. The units will also have Windows XP pre-installed. The price is pretty reasonable too at Php18,995.

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149 Comments

morlock · 16 years ago

the Neo B3230 is a great buy in for the prize, has mostly the latest processor for the atom which has low battery consumption, i already bought 2 of these for my younger sister, running at almost 4 months now, and another for my friend, i dont like the windows 7 starter, well since its a starter, doesnt contain much that they would be needing in an OS, i downgraded 1 netbook to windows vista business, at the other upgraded to windows 7 ultimate, and it was running remarkably faster on vista, all other adobe products like photoshop cs5, in design cs5, illustrator cs5, runs well on both, but still havent tried the adobe premiere, since with its built in gpu, i doubt rendering high quality videos to your desired output would be troublesome,

BUT OVERALL its really a good buy you wont be dissapointed with the price which is proportional to its specs and performance

deathrow · 16 years ago

@kristine – try mo sa cdr-king mura dun, ksi dalawa lng port usb natin e,advice din, use a mouse, sensitive kasi yung key touchpad nia, para lng tumagal :)

kristine · 16 years ago

i bought my neo B3230 about 4 mos ago. so far wala pa naman ako naencounter na problem.

@deathrow.. san may nabibili na usb port extension?

deathrow · 16 years ago

@Azra walang blue tooth sorry, kaya ako gumamit pa external, mura lang yan sa CRD king

AzrA · 16 years ago

guys help naman.. away gumana ng bluetooth ng b3230.. may bluetooth ba tla ito o wala?? Check ko yng manual may nkalagay na (factory option) sa bluetooth category..

deathrow · 16 years ago

@giusseppe
yap its realtec, ill look for the details tomorrow update kita

giusseppe · 16 years ago

Hi Guys,

Kakabili ko lang ng b3230 last Friday at based sa nababasa ko dito, I’m happy I picked it. I never really read any reviews before I bought it. Sa 5 days ko paikot-ikot sa Park square at comparing the specs and price of the netbooks available there, eto napili ko. Thank God eto nga napili ko. hehe! =)

Anyway, naka-dual OS na ako. I installed XP Pro yesterday and it seems everything is working fine. The drivers are for Win7 (which is available in neo.com.ph) worked fine for XP Pro except for the the wireless driver. Bumalik ako kanina sa store to ask for their help. Unfortunately, wala daw silang WinXP driver para sa wireless.

Ang weird lang na sinabi nila is that yung wireless daw is Atheros or Broadcom (I don’t know what that means, I’ll check that when I get home later). This is in contradiction to deathrow’s message above.

Sir deathrow, realtek ba talaga yung wireless nito or same lang yung Atheros or Broadcom?

Matsalams mga guru!

deathrow · 16 years ago

bro elli try the neo site and look for the model, else there is CD included when you bough it. its a standard driver

Elli · 16 years ago

Hey, where can I get the drivers for b3230 if I use windows XP. Really having a hard time with windows 7.
hope somebody replies.. thanks..

deathrow · 16 years ago

@gari de ramos, sir kung pang internet and lecture, its good, coz i use it as my programming machine so cool lang sia, take not NETBOOKS not for too hard graphics gaming.

gari de ramos · 16 years ago

hey guys, browsing on your feedback regarding the B3230…. planning to buy this afternoon. So, would it be worth my money (Php15,990)? I just need it for internet surfing and lecture purposes… Thanks, NEO gurus!

deathrow · 16 years ago

@kenneth john – bebenta mo ba neo mo? :) pano nasira touchpad mo? kasi parehas lang chasis natin, d ko lng talga sia ginagamit kasi alam ko weakness sa mga touchpad e

kenneth villanueva · 16 years ago

ang brand ng akin ay neo basic b1230 atom…… nkakadla bumili….. next time mag destop nlang ako mas mdali pa ayusin kpag nka encounter ka ng mga problems…..

deathrow · 16 years ago

@Gudo download mo driver dito
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=21&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true

Follow mo instruction na README File pag na extract mo

NOTE: UNR (Ubuntu Netbook Remix) should be updated

deathrow · 16 years ago

@john anong modelo neo mo?, ako pagkabili ko neo bili agad ako mouse hehehehe, kahit dell ko bumibigay touch pad e, kaya wise lang sa pag gamit, kaso sa kaso nang octagon ay bad talaga yun pag ganun

john kenneth brownbridge · 16 years ago

kainis ung wag kaung bumili ng ndi branded na laptop kasi ung neo ko!!!!! mabilis masira ung scroll pad!!!!! dinala ko na sa octagon!!! tapos inabot ng 1 month nakuha ko na sira parin!!!!! kainis tlaga ndi nako bibili sa octagon sa southmall at ng neo brands!!!!!! svi kc dun dnala ung laptop ko sa neo company tapos sbi naman ng isa dun!!! na sila nlang nag ayos!!! un pla ndi nla pnadala kainis tlga hindi sila marunong sa sales!!!!

deathrow · 16 years ago

Realtec ang wireless natin, d ko dla usb ko dun driver e, office mode ako bro

deathrow · 16 years ago

@Gudo

try mo muna to

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1141923

Gudo · 16 years ago

@deathrow – sir link naman pls sa driver para sa wireless ng ubunto. ty! or if possible email at go****@yahoo.com

THANKS!

deathrow · 16 years ago

@african888
pwde, una mo install xp then win 7, pwede in kung naka win 7 k na, basta backup mo muna mga files mo.

@Gudo
yap d gumagana, pero meron na ako driver, intall lang sa ubuntu, windows wireless driver apps yun

@taz
NEO padin ako, yung sa web cam adjust lng yun.

african888 · 16 years ago

taz,
regarding video memmory, so mas tatakbo ang photoshop sa neo kaysa msi because mas malaki video memory nito? tama ba?

taz · 16 years ago

im not on dual OS. windows 7 lng, included na un usually pag bumili ka ngaun.

I also bought a netbook last dec, MSI wind U100 for almost the same price (18k) and same specs.
though hanggang 64mb lng shared video memory ng MSI wind compared to 256mb ng neob3230, mas maayos pa din at mas mganda ung sa msi.. at ung webcam ng neo madilim.

anyone there knew what is the best part of this neo model.
thanks.

Gudo · 16 years ago

sa ubuntu 9.10 hindi gumagana ang wireless ng NEO B3230 kaya im thinking of Dual OS (Linux Mandriva and Windows 7)

@deathrow – gumana ba wireless mo sa ubuntu netbook release?

african888 · 16 years ago

deathrow,
whats the advantage kung dual os? pwede ba winxp and win 7 ang dual os?

deathrow · 16 years ago

@Taz, dual os, din ako, UBUNTU NETBOOK REMIX yung bago and Windows 7 Starter :) yung sakin ha ewan ko kay TAZ

Gudo · 16 years ago

@ TAZ – you mentioned dual OS, what OS are you using?

deathrow · 16 years ago

yam meron ,sa kanan, 2 usb port, gumagmit na ako extended 4 usb port, niingatan ko lang yung port ko :)

african888 · 16 years ago

question…

me kabitan ba ito ng kensington lock?
ilan usb ports meron ito?

deathrow · 16 years ago

Sa windows 7 Starter, kayang palitang wallpaper pati login screen, kasi sakin nagagawa ko, note hindi nga ksama sa function nia, need mo lang matinding tweak :D

deathrow · 16 years ago

DONE! i like my NEO 3230, lupet, alang power sa bahay, ako lang ang tumagal na naka on netbook, heheheheheheh 8hours still running, sa init ala sinabi maganda ventilation kung san nkapatong netbook ko, yap its 15,999, PC corner at gilmore i dont know kung meron pa, naka dual os ako :)

NOTE NAPAPALITAN WALLPAPER HA, Diskarteng malupit lang hehehehehehe

taz · 16 years ago

I bought this unit b3230 amonth ago. nice specs and cheap. though im having a problem with the graphics resolution, its always asking to change the resolution to (recommended)khit nkaset nman na.
at khit nsa 250mb na ang total video memory nhihirapan pa din sa ibang low end games. at d npapalitan ang wallpaper (maybe becoz sa OS na Windws 7 starter).

Tips on battery: remove the battery kung isasaksak mo rin lang sa kuryente.

Gudo · 16 years ago

so far so good for me.

african888 · 16 years ago

Steff

san ka nakabili at 15999? best price nakita ko e sa compex at 16999, wid smart bro n sleeve, cash price.

To all,
so ok ba performance nito? diba overheat?

chris · 16 years ago

@ Steff: saan ka nakabili at price of 15,999? balak ko ring bumili nito… thanks

Eason · 16 years ago

Sorry for the late reply,

I had such worse experience with HP, Compaq and Neo. In my perspective those brands that have the worst battery life! We had a Neo Emprivia NPV2 and the battery was unchargable after 6 months, we inquired about the warranty and NEO rejected the repair of the laptop battery instead they repaired the speaker, when it came back to me its BADLY scratched. Now our neo is just a plug-in laptop.

As for HP and compaq, I have lots of classmates and friends that uses those brands, and all of them have less than 30 mins of battery life. Their laptops are even the Multimedia Edition of HP and the Compaq CQ40-10 models. Which are not more than 1 year old in the market.

My guess is that those brands doesn’t cut the charging of the battery even when plugged in. Not like Acer, Asus, MSI those brands doesn’t overcharge your laptop.

I’m currently using a Asus X80N laptop, and its been 1 year and 5 months now, and I’m pleased with its performance and battery life.

Gudo · 16 years ago

ok tong 3230 yup i like the above comments and lakas ng wifi signal and with regards to batt i was able to use it 3 hours out from the box with 60% batt life

JOed · 16 years ago

mga tol nid ko help.. where can i get drivers of neo b3230 for windows xp..please help me

Steff · 16 years ago

I bought the neo b3230 just last thursday and it was at 15,999 with free smart bro plug and had windows 7 starter.all in all for its price and specs its a very good deal and its true maganda sumagap ng WIFI.im very pleased with its performance.

Pablo · 16 years ago

pag cash mura to 16500 lang. Pag 12 months 18999. sa lahat ng netbooks sa market on the same price point ito na may pinakamagandang specs (2GB ram and 320gb hdd windows 7 starter edition). Actually bought one for my wife. Observation ko malakas sumagap ng signal ng wifi stronger than compaq and ibm full laptop sa bahay. mejo naliliitan lang ako sa vertical dimension ng screen. mas madalas ka mag scroll down. about the battery life ala pako observation kasi kakabili palang kagabi pero i think nagamit more than 3 hours on maybe 50% charge when we bought it.

john kenneth brownbridge · 16 years ago

i bought my neo b1230 last month and i am lucky bcoz i bought this bout 16,500 bcoz it is on sale….. try to look at in sm southmall at octagon it is still sale!!!!!!! hmmm bout the battery??? it works more than 3 hours so i charge it more than five times coz i am always using this laptop…..

Vidar · 16 years ago

Up to ilang hours kaya ang duration nito?

jerb · 16 years ago

Eason?

IC DeaDPiPoL · 16 years ago

@Eason
explain…

Eason · 16 years ago

NEO laptops are BAD! especially their crappy batteries! Same goes to HP and Compaq!

John Ray Cabrera · 16 years ago

this looks like the neo basic B1230. and if they only change the processor of the B1230 to a pine trail version, then the battery would be a 4cell lithium polymer.