If you know what you're doing, you'll use the Das. I wore the keys off my last notebook keyboard, and it would screw people up when they tried using it, made for a lot of laughs at their poor touch typing skills.
I would personally go for the Razer Lycosa over the Tarantula (or any other keyboard for that matter).
For gaming: > Fast response time, nice keys. > Entire keyboard can be macroed, definitely sweet for WoW or any game > All the keys are backlit > Media Control Center (No mute button, but you can always just turn the sound down)
For Typing/Regular Use: > Traditional Keyboard, not such a gaming tool that you feel weird typing > Relatively compact for gaming keyboard > Backlit keys are also awesome for typing in the dark > Nice feel on the keys
Also this thing won't bite your wallet in the ass like the Optimus. $80 is pretty good deal IMO.
I'd rather have a Logitech G15 displaying my Game/System stats on its LCD.
Not to mention 18 extra programmable keys aside from a plethora of media buttons.
And none of this interferes with the normal 101-key layout. All the ordinary keys are exactly where they are supposed to be. You will have to problems with mistyping when shifting to this keyboard. And the entire thing glows orange like something from star trek.
I own the tarantula. Good things about it: fully programmable keys. extra macro keys on left and right. multi-media keys (sometimes don't even work) two usb ports. battle dock usb port on top.
Bad things: keys aren't backlit. battle light only comes in blue ( I hate blue light). expensive.
I wish the lycosa was out when I bought last christmas. But I love my tarantula. My pick would be the lycosa today.
I don't mean to be snarky or anything, but I was just wondering how useful the Logitech G15's LCD was.
I'd heard it was really only useful for a few games, beyond that it is kinda like dead weight. But correct me if I'm wrong that's just what I read somewhere.
If that is true, I'd rather have the full keyboard programmable than bother with a feature thats only useful sometimes.
Yes, the G15's LCD is moderately usless, I use it mostly for my media player. And as for the G-Keys... theyre mostly used for bindings for programs, I hardly use them for games.
I actually just bought the razer tarantula and I returned it.
I was looking for a simple USB keyboard that had good feel (arbitrarily defined by me). I went to Best Buy and all they had was wireless keyboard with the exception of 3 - one was a cheapo that felt like mush (kind of like a laptop keyboard) another was a gaming keyboard from Logitech for $99 that felt crisp, but had a ton of features on it (LCD screen, macro keys) etc, that I didn't need or want. I was about to buy it when the sales clerk recommended the razer tarantula. I got it on a whim, brought it home and immediately boxed it back up and returned it. I didn't even plug it in. For gamers, I'm sure the macro keys are awesome and I'm sure the backlighting is really useful. However, the keyboard felt only marginally crisper than my T60P Laptop keyboard, touch typing was a little rough.
I ended up at Staples and picked up a very basic Microsoft black USB media keyboard which suits me very nicely so far. It cost about $30 and is extremely crisp, but the keys are not overly loud.
If I were the looking for a good keyboard, I would hit up Staples/Office Depot (not Best Buy) and see which keyboard feels the best (they have about 15 on display) and then go try to find a deal online, if you want to save a couple bucks. In my opinion, the keyboard is one of the few pieces of the computer that you need to go get from a big box store because of the touch and feel.
The depth of the keystroke is marvelous. I believe I type much faster with them.
It's big, but it maintains the proper space between each function, while looking very good.
I also love the blue light. I've got very modest blue lighting on my entire system. Both montiors' power buttons, my keyboard, my mouse (deathadder), my water cooling display, my psu, and my fans. I prefer blue over green or red.
One issue that's never addressed is the number of keys you can press simultaneously. This is a huge issue in games where we need to strafe, crouch, jump and prime a grenade at the same time. My current USB keyboard cannot handle that well and it ticks me off everything the keyboard stops responding to additional key-presses.
It's even worse when keyboard manufacturers like slap on some pretty colors, lights and maybe a cup holder for your beverage and call it a gaming keyboard when in fact they should be addressing these issues.
I'm typing on it right now, It's amazing. Best keyboard I've had out of 3. Great feel, Even my girlfriend loves it and she's never played a video game in her life. It feels just like a laptop and has SO many macro keys that are easy to program as a plus.
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how about the razer tarantula?
Das Keyboard: http://www.daskeyboard.com/
If you know what you're doing, you'll use the Das. I wore the keys off my last notebook keyboard, and it would screw people up when they tried using it, made for a lot of laughs at their poor touch typing skills.
I would personally go for the Razer Lycosa over the Tarantula (or any other keyboard for that matter).
For gaming:
> Fast response time, nice keys.
> Entire keyboard can be macroed, definitely sweet for WoW or any game
> All the keys are backlit
> Media Control Center (No mute button, but you can always just turn the sound down)
For Typing/Regular Use:
> Traditional Keyboard, not such a gaming tool that you feel weird typing
> Relatively compact for gaming keyboard
> Backlit keys are also awesome for typing in the dark
> Nice feel on the keys
Also this thing won't bite your wallet in the ass like the Optimus. $80 is pretty good deal IMO.
I'd rather have a Logitech G15 displaying my Game/System stats on its LCD.
Not to mention 18 extra programmable keys aside from a plethora of media buttons.
And none of this interferes with the normal 101-key layout. All the ordinary keys are exactly where they are supposed to be. You will have to problems with mistyping when shifting to this keyboard. And the entire thing glows orange like something from star trek.
I own the tarantula.
Good things about it:
fully programmable keys.
extra macro keys on left and right.
multi-media keys (sometimes don't even work)
two usb ports.
battle dock usb port on top.
Bad things:
keys aren't backlit.
battle light only comes in blue ( I hate blue light).
expensive.
I wish the lycosa was out when I bought last christmas. But I love my tarantula.
My pick would be the lycosa today.
I don't mean to be snarky or anything, but I was just wondering how useful the Logitech G15's LCD was.
I'd heard it was really only useful for a few games, beyond that it is kinda like dead weight. But correct me if I'm wrong that's just what I read somewhere.
If that is true, I'd rather have the full keyboard programmable than bother with a feature thats only useful sometimes.
Yes, the G15's LCD is moderately usless, I use it mostly for my media player. And as for the G-Keys... theyre mostly used for bindings for programs, I hardly use them for games.
I actually just bought the razer tarantula and I returned it.
I was looking for a simple USB keyboard that had good feel (arbitrarily defined by me). I went to Best Buy and all they had was wireless keyboard with the exception of 3 - one was a cheapo that felt like mush (kind of like a laptop keyboard) another was a gaming keyboard from Logitech for $99 that felt crisp, but had a ton of features on it (LCD screen, macro keys) etc, that I didn't need or want. I was about to buy it when the sales clerk recommended the razer tarantula. I got it on a whim, brought it home and immediately boxed it back up and returned it. I didn't even plug it in. For gamers, I'm sure the macro keys are awesome and I'm sure the backlighting is really useful. However, the keyboard felt only marginally crisper than my T60P Laptop keyboard, touch typing was a little rough.
I ended up at Staples and picked up a very basic Microsoft black USB media keyboard which suits me very nicely so far. It cost about $30 and is extremely crisp, but the keys are not overly loud.
If I were the looking for a good keyboard, I would hit up Staples/Office Depot (not Best Buy) and see which keyboard feels the best (they have about 15 on display) and then go try to find a deal online, if you want to save a couple bucks. In my opinion, the keyboard is one of the few pieces of the computer that you need to go get from a big box store because of the touch and feel.
I completely agree. I love my tarantula.
The depth of the keystroke is marvelous. I believe I type much faster with them.
It's big, but it maintains the proper space between each function, while looking very good.
I also love the blue light. I've got very modest blue lighting on my entire system. Both montiors' power buttons, my keyboard, my mouse (deathadder), my water cooling display, my psu, and my fans. I prefer blue over green or red.
One issue that's never addressed is the number of keys you can press simultaneously. This is a huge issue in games where we need to strafe, crouch, jump and prime a grenade at the same time. My current USB keyboard cannot handle that well and it ticks me off everything the keyboard stops responding to additional key-presses.
It's even worse when keyboard manufacturers like slap on some pretty colors, lights and maybe a cup holder for your beverage and call it a gaming keyboard when in fact they should be addressing these issues.
I'm typing on it right now, It's amazing. Best keyboard I've had out of 3. Great feel, Even my girlfriend loves it and she's never played a video game in her life. It feels just like a laptop and has SO many macro keys that are easy to program as a plus.
Here here! I love my Razer