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stellar keyboard!

by Dexter on Feb 2nd, 2005 at 3:21 PM:

I got this badboy for Christmas (I had asked for it), and the backlit keys are beautiful, the keys are SILENT (but not annoying like some other "silent" keyboards), and the command pad is what really sells it; programmable macros that are probably good in gaming, but which I use in my applications (digital imaging and audio) for setting up repetitive tasks:: example

With one button, I can open the application, Ctrl-N, Tab, Tab, UP, Space, Ctrl-R, Alt-O, Space .. this opens up my recording software, sets the right paramaters, and starts the recording.. WITH ONE KEYSTROKE!

For applying filters in Photoshop (especially on repetitive layers, etc) it's BRILLIANT. Besides being beautiful and COOL, it's absolutely functional.

Programming the keys is a snap and are implimented right away; I did have one issue getting the drivers to work, but I posted my issue to the support forum and within 48 hours (it was a weekend I posted on) I had a fix that actually worked.

I will never go back to my lame keyboard! I LOVE MY SAITEK!