http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/ Engadget Comments for Microsoft's SideWinder X4 reviewed: a decent choice for the budget gamer http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/Feb 26th 2010 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/
As far as gaming keyboards go, it's pretty cheap. I've been waiting for Tom's to do a review of this thing. I think I'll take their advice and grab an x6 instead.]]>Feb 26th 2010 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/
Who are they callin' Budget gamers...?

I want this keyboard because it's not ugly, over-sized and overridden with useless gimmicky features as its competition.... not because of it's price.]]>Feb 26th 2010 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/Hey! The G15's LCD is epic. It so useful with plugins like SirReal's.]]>Feb 26th 2010 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/Feb 26th 2010 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/
Indeed, its just a simple backlit keyboard.]]>Feb 27th 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/Feb 26th 2010 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/
Or 2 very strange people with 6 fingers on their left hand and 7 on their right? :)]]>Feb 26th 2010 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/
I'm guessing it's meant to help you continue playing your game while your infant child flat-palms the keyboard. But it makes me curious as to how anyone in that situation could receive the title of "pro gamer".]]>Feb 26th 2010 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/
WHOA!!!!! I really don't want to see 13 people crowding one keyboard. Might be misconstrued as amateur hour.]]>Feb 26th 2010 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/
]]>Feb 26th 2010 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/If its what I think it is, I'd say its more to do with the games gfx and sound settings put too high.
Or is it just a marketing phrase for idiots?
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And can somebody please explain why the SUBMIT button isn't appearing in my browser any more when submitting these comments!? I have to tab down three times then hit enter to submit the comment!
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Check out the read link. Ghosting is a problem caused by the circuitry in keyboards so that if you hit too many keys at once, some of the key presses won't be recognized. It has nothing to do with graphics cards or sound cards.]]>Feb 26th 2010 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/
key ghosting is when you hit too many keys at one time and it misses some of the keys or just stops responding to new key presses until you let up on some of the other ones. say you're in an fps and you're holding Shift to run, W to forward while A to strafe left, and now your Spacebar doesn't work to let you jump.]]>Feb 26th 2010 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/Ghosting can do weird things too. Dell's Studio 17 numberpad has crazy ghosting problems. When you type the combination '987' fast (more than one key will be down at a time when typing fast), it will report '98-7', the keys '654' report '634', and a couple other strange issues. It wasn't just the keyboard or bios (They replaced keyboard twice, computer once, and made custom bios patch with no success), it was hardware.]]>Feb 26th 2010 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/Feb 26th 2010 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/
IE8 compat mode renders with the IE6 engine if I'm not mistaken. So yeah, want to avoid that as much as possible.]]>Feb 26th 2010 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/Feb 26th 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/Faceroll maybe?]]>Feb 26th 2010 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/Feb 26th 2010 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/
No, no, you guys are playing your games all wrong. Those 26 presses are all one dude: ten fingers, ten toes, two eyebrows, nose, tongue, penis, and one belly slap.]]>Feb 26th 2010 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/
for example, you hold W for walking, and then Shift + F for a spell. My keyboard can only handle two at a time, so I would have to stop walking or make an entirely new keybind for this. ]]>Feb 26th 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/Feb 26th 2010 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/Feb 26th 2010 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/This has to be some data transfer max right? I dont think they expect anyone to mash all the alphabet keys at once but I guess it would support it.]]>Feb 26th 2010 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/
Seriously, does anyone care to ever make anything unique, and not something we have been seeing for the last 10 years?]]>Feb 26th 2010 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/Feb 26th 2010 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/microsofts-sidewinder-x4-reviewed-a-decent-choice-for-the-budg/Feb 26th 2010 8:01PM