So today I've figured out that my 5 years old Gateway's keyboard got really old (considering all beer, wine and whiskey that got split on it). Long story short I've ended up in Microcenter browsing for a new keyboard.
My major requirements were:
So I paid $130 for this keyboard, brought it home and started playing with all its features. Below are my conclusions:
PROS.
CONS.
My major requirements were:
- Wrist rest;
- Volume Control;
- Backlight.
- Wired.
So I paid $130 for this keyboard, brought it home and started playing with all its features. Below are my conclusions:
PROS.
- Great profiling feature. You can set up 3 profiles with fire buttons and up to unlimited number of backlight colors for your keyboard.
- Perfect sound control. This roller on the right hand side is awesome. It allows you precisely manage the volume of your sound.
- Removable wrist-rest. Nice stuff, even though my palm doesn't feel comfortable while hitting AWSD - it's way too short for me.
- Awesome LCD. Allowing you to decide what info would you like to see on your keyboard's LID. Performance Monitor (showing CPU and RAM usage and Media applets are my favorite.
- Game Mode. Absolutely MUST HAVE for a gamer. Simple switch allows you to tweak a keyboard in a game mode preventing any possible unwanted Windows keystrokes (like ALT+TAB, WIN+D, and so on):
- Built-in audio and mic ports. I liked that real bad, especially considering the fact that you can disable either of them by on click:
- Absolute freedom in managing your own macros', scripts, shortcuts...:
CONS.
- Additional software that needs to be installed in order to manage profiles.
- Profiles set up through software don't work sometimes.
- All these "G" keys are unusual - user will have to get used to additional 9 keys on the left side. It's hard. Trust me.
- Incline sucks. Keyboard has only one incline position. For keyboard of price like that it should've had at least 3 positions.
