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Razer Arctosa Gaming Keyboard
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The main draw about this keyboard is the ways the device tracks key strokes. Namely, that you can mash your fist down and the thing will read each tap, you can’t overload it. Here, check it out: daswedgfrtcj. Yeah, it’s that good. Actually, the extra brains are only for the left side of the keyboard, if you wail on the right side, it’ll clam up like any other device. But then, how many games require both hands on the keyboard? And to be fair, even mauling the right half the thing works pretty well. If you’re into that sort of thing. Like I said, this keyboard is made for touch-typists. If you can’t do that already, but still want to use this keyboard, prepare for a real, whatchamacallit, crash course. Beyond that, I can’t really think of anything that a keyboard should or could do that this one doesn’t. It types, it has keys for the letters. It has two super keys and a menu key, everything’s where it should be. The Software If there’s one thing I’ve learned to live without using Razer hardware is software of any sort. Sure, it’s there, it’s got its tray icon, and it makes it easy to change sensitivities or map simple macros, but nothing beyond the pale. Until now, for serious. It’s as if Razer realized they had a weakness and compensated for it. Not only can you macro every single key, without exception, the software allows for ten separate hot-keyable profiles, so you, provided you have the time for it, you can set different macros for pretty much every game you care to play (that can even benefit from macros).  The amount of control you have far exceeds the usual “when I hit this key, the device spams this sequence” level. You can insert delays from 50 to 200ms, set a macro to repeat itself, set it to repeat until you do something else… Something tells me that this thing’s already popular with the gold farmers of Fuzhou. For the first time ever, Razer’s managed to match in their software the kind of control you exercise through the hardware, and it’s impressive to say the least.
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on November 29, 2009 - 8:24 am I saw this keyboard when i was looking for a new keyboard from Razer. But, i saw the Razer Lycosa MIRROR, too, and i got in love with it. The Lycosa mirror (the glossy edition) its like the arctosa, but sturdier, with a USB port, headset plug, beautifull BLUE backlight for the keys, that only makes the key glow, no glow outside the key; and reading what you said from the multimedia keys, then this one has better multimedia keys, they react even when a gentle push, but they doesnt get pressed by error either (i think these ones are really touch buttons). One thing that really catches your eye when unpacking it, is that it has a thick cable, and at the end there are 2 USB connectors and speaker / mic connectors. If you want you can only plug the Keyboard one, the other USB is only to make the USB work (at full speed btw), the same for the speakers / mic connectors. Well, the Lycosa Mirror is my dream keyboard :), and i really recommend it :) Add Comment To add a comment without being a member, you may omit the password field, but you must enter your name (or nickname) along with your comment. * Denotes required fields. |
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