Hi friends,
I need to buy a laptop for office type of work, like Microsoft Office (word, excel), etc., and it should be compatible with Windows XP Sp2.
Also, needs an ethernet port on it.
Budget : Rs. 15,000 to 30,000
Would prefer a bigger screen 15.6 would be best.
Do not want to spend too much as laptops have less life span than a normal desktop, they are like use and throw thing and their maintenance needs service center hands .
I have never used a laptop and do not know normal problems that comes with laptops.
There are too many brand of companies of laptop, do not know which one to go with.
I have 1 week to buy.
Please pour in your expert advises.
Thanks in advance.
Agree with you cheap at that price, but will it be able to run Windows XP Sp2? My Softwares will not run on windows 7 or vista provided by company.
Any laptop should be able to run Win XP SP2 provided you are able to get compatible drivers.
I just checked on MSI website, they do have drivers for Win XP 32. So yes there shouldn’t be any issues with running XP SP2 on it.
Can anybody tell me is this MSI CR420 laptop will able to run on Windows XP SP2?
I mentioned in my earlier post that it will be able to run XP SP2. You can check the CR420 support page on MSI site.
Can anybody give me feedback on keyboard of this laptop, i do whole day typing and is in habit of typing on TVS Gold keyboard which has tactile mechanical switches.
One more thing, this laptop has 14" screen, and I want bigger screen like 15.6". Rest everything looks great on this laptop.
xp 32bit drivers are available for MSI CR420.check download section
MSI Global ? Notebook - CR420
Its more than adequate for normal office applications. Pretty decent for your needs 
It is cheap but I have a fear that it is used, as the seller has only one laptop and he is not dealing in laptops.