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You know that feeling when you buy something nice, and it reminds you how nice it is every time you use it?
Normally I'd have worn the paint off my homerow by now, but my keyboard still looks brand new.
This is my first go round with mechanicals, so my experience is limited but this thing is a joy to use.
I bought it because I wore an actual pit in my C key after a year of use of my last keyboard - a keyboard that was pretty nice, as non-mechanical keyboards go, but still.
Anyway, everything about the way this thing operates is butter. Every time I put my hands on it I feel like "this is what it's like to put my hands on a $200 keyboard"
The only complaints I have are software related - I'm not sure if the area around the knob is supposed to light but I can't get the software to let me assign a color to it. The pictures look like it can light up. Also the software pops a window when I log into windows, which I don't like. I can probably turn that off, but I just haven't gotten to it.
Physically, this thing is lovely. No, it's not wireless, but it's not really meant for a lap anyway. It's heavy. It's deskbound. So if you want something you can relax on your couch with, this isn't the keyboard for you, but it is wonderful if you do a lot of typing.
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honey the codewitch wrote: I bought it because I wore an actual pit in my C key after a year of use of my last keyboard - a keyboard that was pretty nice, as non-mechanical keyboards go, but still.
Good gravy! How do manage that? Do you have steel fingertips?
Keep Calm and Carry On
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It was a war of attrition - it simply wore down, although the keys sit high on that keyboard and so I might have been hitting them harder.
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Mine arrived last Sunday, and it's a dream to operate. I've missed that feel and sound for decades. There are a few difficulties - I can't get the software to do anything, and there are no instructions. And there are symbols on the keys that are completely meaningless to me, like the four dots under the DEL key, and the crescent moon (like on an outhouse door) under the ESC key. There's something like a burning stick match on the key between CTRL and ALT, and something that looks like a menu between FN and the right CTRL. I wonder what they map to... Oh well, it's a joy to tap on this thing, even if it's one finger at a time. Thank you for the recommendation! 
Will Rogers never met me.
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The software is a bit weird to use. I don't remember how because after I figured it out I haven't used it since and I forgot. I'll play with it, and get back to you. The 4 dots are
1. I don't know
2. Num lock light
3. Caps lock light
4. Scroll lock light
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honey the codewitch wrote: 1. I don't know
LOL! That's my problem child, too. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Okay the app. After you open it you have to click the Configure tab near the top. Then you'll be presented with applets you can drag onto the keyboard. These things light the keys based on events, like on a new mail message, or there's one to monitor CPU usage for example.
On the left, there's the tabs to switch between this applet screen and the RGB Profiles screen.
If you click on RGB profiles you can change the colors to a theme on the left. You can them modify the color of each individual key by clicking on it.
Hope that helps!
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Thank you, young lady. I'll try some of this tomorrow; I've enjoyed far too much scotch at this late hour to play with user hostile software tonight. Damn, I'm loving the feel of this keyboard! ![Jig | [Dance]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/jig.gif)
Will Rogers never met me.
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No experience on that particular model but here are my 2 cents:
Roger Wright wrote: and the crescent moon (like on an outhouse door) under the ESC key
Sounds like a quick "Sleep" for the PC. I had a keyboard with one, I removed the key after the hundred time I killed my game instead of accessing its menu.
Roger Wright wrote: here's something like a burning stick match on the key between CTRL and ALT
From the description it looks like the backlight control.
Roger Wright wrote: and something that looks like a menu between FN and the right CTRL
Should be the contextual menu (the one usually accessed with right click), it was a fixture on early Microsoft keyboards andf I mourn its absence every time I use a keyboard without it.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I think the moon is a sleep. You probably use it with the FN key.
The match stick one is your Win key
The other one is your right-click key (on win keyboards)
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Interestingly enough, I am recently in the market for a new backlit keyboard.
Never heard of this brand. Almost 3K positive reviews on Amazon. Your approval with Roger's has me thinking this is my next purchase.
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glad to help. i only plug products if I feel they are exceptional. 
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I found that I'm ok with a simple Logitech (my favourite is the Deluxe 250) for an MSRP of 25€. Honestly the best keyboard I used was bundled with a Dell workstation, sadly it wasn't mine.
At home I mostly play and I have a nice backlighted gaming keyboard, with a couple of awesome functionalities (8 macro button, toggleable electronic swap between WASD and arrow keys, system keys lock) for gaming. Not so good as a general use keyboard, one of the "Windows" keys has been removed and the context menu key has been replaced with its own Fn button. I use them a lot so I curse when using the computer for work.
On the contrary I recently used the worst keyboard I ever had the misfortune of using: an HP that
* was as flat as a wooden board;
* had very short and very creepy key travel;
* but mostly it had its own Fn button at the far low left, where there usually is the Ctrl key. Missing all the usual key combinations and replacing the selected text with a random letter is frustrating. Hulking out levels of frustrating.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I have had a DAS 4 series keyboard for the last three years. I bought it to replace a 30+ years old IBM PS2 keyboard that eventually literally fell apart.
The DAS is (still) brilliant. It cost a bit but, it is worth every penny.
I'm glad that you're getting on with yours.
Andy
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Shoddy software seems to be a hallmark from "high-end" keyboard manufacturers. My Logitech mechanical keyboard, just a little over 1 year old, crapped out (or at least the left control key did). I replaced it with a Corsair K70 RGB MK2. Fancy-schmancy back-lighting to trigger the most well-medicated epileptics. According to the Corsair iCue application, you can program any key to do anything: type text, invoke macros, run programs, and so on.
I tried to program a keypress to type the password I use at work. It's not hard, all simple ASCII.
You can not get there from here. I complained to customer service, who referred me to a YouTube video from a gaming community reviewer.
On the plus side, the back-lighting works okay. I've got it set to a simple pale blue that makes it easier for me to type.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Erm... Do you happen to know whether the switches are scotch-proof? That could be important, some late night.
Will Rogers never met me.
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The hardest thing I drink is coffee and I don't waste precious caffeine by spilling it, so I have not had occasion to find out.
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The title says it all ...
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Two words: Clean install - preferably Windows 11.
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Linux?
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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I'm with the folks that said reinstall. You can't debloat the windows registry, not really, and apps that claim to can do a partial job at best. There's rust besides that as well. It's all a nightmare.
I keep my documents/pictures/music/etc on a secondary drive. When I reinstall windows I don't tend to lose anything. I just remap my "library" directories to where they are on my 2nd drive with the fresh install. It doesn't give me my programs back, but it does give me all of the files I created with said programs.
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Download the Windows 10 or 11 retail ISO and reimage it. There's really no way to get the OEM crapware off a machine short of a reimage.
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