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not caring

do you get to keep all the stuff you review? if so you gotta have like a billion mice and keyboards lying around huh?

depending on the review terms, reviewers can keep the hardware. but anything really expensive, or experimental is usually on loan. so yes, there is typically a well-used pile of mice and keyboards at my desk.

i often just give them to coworkers so they don't have to deal with terrible generic brand keyboards and optical mice that have become standard in the american workplace.

so, another keyboard....nice

zomg! want! I am a numpad player with limited space, moving it to the left would be $$$.

get used to aswd O_o?

Not even funny, idiot.

As im a oldschool keytronic "slamming the keys-guy", - im kinda skeptic with the keyboard itself.

I love the fact that you can remove the keyapads tho.. it would free alot of place and annoyance with my current setup, big mouse pad and limited space...

Looks shit.

are D|S sidewinder and mahmood the same person?
If so, let me know when logitech donka comes out :)

Logitech G15 ftw!

Too bad this M$ keyboard doesn't have a button that disables the M$ key like my Razer Lycosa does... ;)

http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/

It's easy to unmap your windows keys and use Ctrl+Esc for when you actually need the start menu shortcut.

I've tried several programs before and they either don't work to begin with or only work under certain circumstances. The almighty Bill Gates key will always find a way to annoy you in the end! An electrical cut-off that prevents the key signals from ever reaching the OS is a much better solution imo.

have you tried a registry fix to disable it?

The program I linked to directly remaps and disables keys in the registry, it's infallible, all it takes is a restart. Works for me.

you can disable it in the software.

Won't have n-key-rollover so it's useless. Maybe if the developers cared to implement the most useful feature that is missing from all keyboards, even the ripoff 100 dollar ones. I WANT TO FUCKING PRESS AS MANY KEYS AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT GLITCHES. Convey this message back to microsoft, mahmood.

amen to that brother..that's the only thing why i'm still sticking to my ancient chicony keyboard that probably remembers first landing on the moon.. only current useful alternative for me would be 7G thanks to it's plain rectangular shape without any bullshit keys..still it costs like 30times more than this chicony back then..
oh and even 7G doesn't have the supercoolest placement of Alts chicony has ;p but i could live without that

tbh I'm fine with 5-key rollover, as long as manufacturers (and testers...HELLO?) would tell you what it is.
Same as Lukke though, it's the main reason I haven't switched my keyboard yet, even though the a and d buttons don't come up no more :) and it's gernerally very filthy

Missing from all keyboards? Anti-ghosting has been around for a while now. All of Razer's keyboards have it built in already.

Razer's isn't what I'm looking for.

However, these keyboards are more and more difficult to find on the market because of their higher cost (they need one mechanical switch and one diode per key).

$50 is well worth it to me for minimalistic design with all the best functionality hardcore gamers want, at the right price. Meet the Razer Arctosa.

http://www.sjbaker.org/wiki/index.php?title=Keyboards_Are_Evil
Logitech G11 dont have this issue (tested, never knew)... So you could write something about anti-ghosting.

G11 keyboard is dome membrane though.

The article describes one of the few ways a Model M ghosts.

ASDF is one grid where 4 keys can be held at a time if the L shape rule isn't violated.
JKL; is another grid where 4 keys can be held (independent of the other side.)

However if the both columns to the left of G's are pressed G's goes dead. Same to H if the two to the right of H are held. And lastly if the both G & H column are held then the F and J columns go dead.

Space Ctrl Alt Shift etc are all separate and never affect letter key ghosting.

Maximum simultaneous key presses without violating the above rules is 13.
http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=keyswr6.jpg
I had to let go of one for when I pressed Print Screen with my nose.

Tested with the KeyScan program from here: http://www.digitalgenesis.com/

Seems like old keyboards will work absolutely fine as long as you use EDSF WSAD or something like IKJL OLK;

Yes and I can press: sdfjklp shift space and they all register but that's still not good enough, especially when the max keys are arbitrary depending on what you press.

I won't move a zig for a keyboard until it's natural and flat
take that Bill

I'll stick with my Model M.