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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"It's everything you need, except a useful USB HUB"
Pros: Everything else mentioned + CPU and RAM usage display
Cons: USB Ports could be better
Summary: Everyone's mentioned all the sweet features on this keyboard. But here are a couple of things worth mentioning.
Unless you have space in front of your keyboard, you might find the USB ports dont have enough clearance to easily plug devices in... And when you actually do plug something in you'll find that many devices won't work because these ports don't provide enough power. The only device I've been able to plug in and use is a mouse. None of my flash drives work.
I really like the information displayed on the LCD (eg, CPU/RAM usage, media file titles, clock, or Game information). There are different levels of lighting... but why would you want to dim it down?
Hopefully more companies will provide game profiles for it in the near future.Updated
Ok flash drives probably work. It's these flash card adapters that don't. I have a USB Memory Stick adapter and a USB Compact Flash Card adapter that dont' work when plugged into the keyboard... I think the help file says that the USB ports on the keyboard don't provide as much power than the ports on my laptop.
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I have the G15 and use by two flash drives Lexar JumpDrive (512) and Cosair (1Gig) without any problems.
I like the wide keyboard. I use it hooked up to my laptop in low lighting areas. The lit display is great and the keyboard sits very well in my lap.
I am not a gamer, but the programable keys make great shortcuts for web and Office programs.
