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Old 03-19-06, 11:45 AM   #11
tycho102
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I have one of these. The Zippy EL-610. It is an excellent keyboard, constructed with the same kind of spring-membrane that laptops are. The spacebar is a bit of a problem, sometimes producing two spaces and sometimes none. The LED is fairly bright, and the dark paint of the keys make night gaming very easy. It is reasonably priced, as responsive as a laptop (don't plan on 90wpm with the thing's spacebar acting up), and visually precise.







I also have a Saitek PC Gamer. It's not nearly as good as the Zippy for night gaming, because the keys are opaque. The light has two intensity settings, and the high produces a glare into your eyes. It's a full stroke keyboard, and it is very responsive. I typically use it for FPS games, where my keys are usually in a tight arrangement. I play games "left handed", so I'm usually using the numeric keypad. One of these days I'll get around to trying out it's programmable keypad, but for now, I'm happy with the keyboard. The "Eclipse" might be a better buy, since the letters are translucent on an opaque key, but it doesn't come with the keypad.
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