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"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
Because to me changing batteries quarterly at most is far less of an inconvenience than having more wires laying around and possibly using up more USB ports.
But...the receiver still has to use a USB port?
and the whole issues of interference, weak signal, lag, etc.
Ordered it yesterday, I should have it Monday and be trying it out then. I'm out of town for weekend sexing of the girlfriend anyway so it doesn't matter till I get back and get my game on. Now I need to find an FPS to try out again.
Right now I'm leaning toward that logitech illuminated keyboard. Good idea, bad idea?
A USB port. One, for both my mouse and keyboard. As opposed to very possibly having to use two for a wired keyboard and a wired mouse (which is why I said possibly use more).
None of which I've ever experienced except for one time when I foolishly put the receiver on a back USB port up against the wall with no line-of-sight to the devices at all.
Got the Black Widow today! The clicking isn't nearly as annoying as I worried it might be. It's no worse than how much noise I make with my regular keyboard.(I'm kind of hard on equipment.)
The clicky isn't nearly as annoying as I worried it would be so I am pretty happy with it so far. 5 games of SC2 in and it worked fine except me misplacing my fingers on the keys.
"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
You can do that with the MS Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 (which is both a mouse and a keyboard) with no problem. I'm doing it right now, since I want to keep my front-facing USB ports free.
I ended up going with the black widow ultimate, I'm loving it so far but my typing speed/accuracy has fallen since the keys are slightly different dimensions and all the different landmarks/anchor points I had grown accustomed to changed slightly. I find so much joy in simply typing now that I'd forgotten about having used a non-mechanical keyboard for so long. Before the saitek, I had a model M that came with the family's 486dx2 that we got in the mid 90's. I find the click-clackity becomes a game in and of itself, the faster I clack the more I feel alive.
The first thing I noticed when I got the blackwidow out of the box was like a dozen keys had popped off in freight and were sort of dingle-dangly. It seemed as though they were designed to pop off because simply re-seating them and then pressing them once seemed to lock them back in place and they are fully functional. Another thing I noticed and love is the thick, braided USB cable that came with it.
so long story short, I'd totally recommend the saitek as a reliable keyboard.
Also, I recall the Model M having problems with key combos as well so it's not like they're completely immune.
I haven't noticed any real multiple key press issues. But I'm not sure what I would look for anyway, everything I try to do works fine as near as I can see.
Even better. I've got a Logitech system myself. I'd prefer to keep the front ports free as well but it's not that big a deal. That's the only LOS/signal-related problem I've ever experienced. Even now with the receiver in a front port there are portions of my desk blocking LOS, so I can't say it's at all finicky about it.
Sweet purchase then as the black widow will act on 6 simultaneous key presses, which is the max you can expect from a usb connection and frankly I don't know what you'd be doing to even press 6 keys in gaming or typing.
"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
I just picked up a Microsoft X4. I was comparing it to the X6 but what sold me was their anti-ghosting technology that was developed for this keyboard that I didn't see on any other model or brand, USB wise. It's cheaper and slimmer than the X6 and I think it looks nicer as well, no big knobby things on the top.
Cost $48 on Amazon. It's has a nice thin form factor, the keys are closer than I am used to so typing takes a little adjusting but it feels very solid and looks great.
(Disclaimer: It just showed up from Amazon yesterday so I am going off of about 12 hours of initial impressions. Bought it because my old Logitech PS2 keyboard that has been around forever finally broke down on me. I compared the X4 to the X6 and a few Logitech boards. I had no interest in mechanical, I don't want to annoy people with how loud they are as I do not have a private computer room to bang away in.)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollover_%28key%29#Key_jamming_and_ghosting
This is a good read (sale-sy on the X4, but still explains it)
http://www.microsoft.com/appliedsciences/content/projects/AntiGhostingExplained.aspx
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