Only 6 key rollover in a $200 keyboard? It's pretty but it's not $200 pretty without full N-key support. If my $40 Velocifire can do it, I don't see why this one can't.
What is your particular use case where you require better than 6 key rollover? Genuinely curious.
For me, I think I'd have to be in an FPS sprinting diagonally while peeking, then jumping and simultaneously running a buy script that uses a modifier key. Then I'd hit 7 keys. But I've never hit that point.
Digital audio workstation, when I have tried to use a generic keyboard I have had problems where I could not do some chords. Sometimes you don't have a full piano keyboard and the PC one has to be used.
What valinor89 said. I only have one music keyboard and when I've tried to use a qwerty board as a second music board in the past, I quickly hit a wall with rollover until I got the Velocifire.
There are uses for expensive keyboards other than gaming. I bought a $200 silent mechanical keyboard because the crappy laptop keyboard was affecting my productivity at work; I am very pleased by how much faster and longer I can type without mistakes on the new keyboard; I neither know nor care whether N-key rollover is supported on it.
That said, this keyboard seems to be coming up short on providing a good touch-typing experience, which means it isn't a good non-gaming keyboard either....
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kaidenshi - Saturday, February 3, 2018 - link
Only 6 key rollover in a $200 keyboard? It's pretty but it's not $200 pretty without full N-key support. If my $40 Velocifire can do it, I don't see why this one can't.WinterCharm - Sunday, February 4, 2018 - link
I agree. This is a shit value.Rather get the $120 DasKeyboard professional for Mac.
edgineer - Sunday, February 4, 2018 - link
What is your particular use case where you require better than 6 key rollover? Genuinely curious.For me, I think I'd have to be in an FPS sprinting diagonally while peeking, then jumping and simultaneously running a buy script that uses a modifier key. Then I'd hit 7 keys. But I've never hit that point.
valinor89 - Tuesday, February 6, 2018 - link
Digital audio workstation, when I have tried to use a generic keyboard I have had problems where I could not do some chords. Sometimes you don't have a full piano keyboard and the PC one has to be used.kaidenshi - Friday, February 9, 2018 - link
What valinor89 said. I only have one music keyboard and when I've tried to use a qwerty board as a second music board in the past, I quickly hit a wall with rollover until I got the Velocifire.zogus - Monday, February 5, 2018 - link
There are uses for expensive keyboards other than gaming. I bought a $200 silent mechanical keyboard because the crappy laptop keyboard was affecting my productivity at work; I am very pleased by how much faster and longer I can type without mistakes on the new keyboard; I neither know nor care whether N-key rollover is supported on it.That said, this keyboard seems to be coming up short on providing a good touch-typing experience, which means it isn't a good non-gaming keyboard either....
trab - Monday, February 5, 2018 - link
If I wanted a Warehouse 13 keyboard, I would get an actual one? https://datamancer.com/product/the-sojourner-keybo... (yeah yeah I know 1000 USD and all...)David Luiz - Friday, June 8, 2018 - link
Pretty convenient to use a Bluetooth keyboard. Great work from Apple.