Ok, someone update me on this. I am someone who does not understand how the market share for these blinking lights could be so big that they keep improving on them. Now they blink according to sound? What's next. But seriously, can someone legitimately reply back with who buys these. Not younger kids because they go towards consoles because of not having to deal with pc configuration/drivers/setup to play games. So that leaves pc-gamers with enough money to spend on extras like shiny lights. They can't be that big of a market right?
At the end of the day the target market is people already looking to upgrade components that don't mind spending $5-10 extra on a $200-300 purchase for some customizable light settings, and those who want the flashiest thing around.
The side effect is that it is actually difficult to find products that DON'T have the lights (recently built a comp for my brother, GPU has RGB LEDs but the decision was based on the cooler/factory OC/warranty, so the LEDs are secondary and can be disabled).
For those that complain non-stop every time something new with lights comes out: Don't buy it? If you are forced into a situation (as above) where it comes along with an already planned purchase, just turn it off.
I don't get it. Windows 7 is still supported by Microsoft right now. There's also Vista so an unsupported OS could be either of those, maybe 2000, some flavor of 9x, or a Linux distro too. Unsupported doesn't imply XP as the only option.
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Holliday75 - Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - link
The end is nigh.alphasquadron - Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - link
Ok, someone update me on this. I am someone who does not understand how the market share for these blinking lights could be so big that they keep improving on them. Now they blink according to sound? What's next. But seriously, can someone legitimately reply back with who buys these. Not younger kids because they go towards consoles because of not having to deal with pc configuration/drivers/setup to play games. So that leaves pc-gamers with enough money to spend on extras like shiny lights. They can't be that big of a market right?HotBBQ - Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - link
A fool and his money are soon parted...abrowne1993 - Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - link
This looks like a PC-focused rip off of Philips' Ambilight tech which has been around (and used sparingly in some of their TVs) for over a decade.FullmetalTitan - Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - link
At the end of the day the target market is people already looking to upgrade components that don't mind spending $5-10 extra on a $200-300 purchase for some customizable light settings, and those who want the flashiest thing around.The side effect is that it is actually difficult to find products that DON'T have the lights (recently built a comp for my brother, GPU has RGB LEDs but the decision was based on the cooler/factory OC/warranty, so the LEDs are secondary and can be disabled).
For those that complain non-stop every time something new with lights comes out:
Don't buy it?
If you are forced into a situation (as above) where it comes along with an already planned purchase, just turn it off.
bigboxes - Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - link
I'll keep on commenting about anything I want. Don't like reading techies opinions on these and similar topics? Log off of the internet.ಬುಲ್ವಿಂಕಲ್ ಜೆ ಮೂಸ್ - Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - link
I like that keyboard design and would gladly part with it's true worth of $39.95I would then use it on an unsupported operating system
Not Windows 8 or 10!
Hurr Durr - Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - link
Ah, Win XP psycho is back.PeachNCream - Thursday, March 22, 2018 - link
I don't get it. Windows 7 is still supported by Microsoft right now. There's also Vista so an unsupported OS could be either of those, maybe 2000, some flavor of 9x, or a Linux distro too. Unsupported doesn't imply XP as the only option.Hurr Durr - Saturday, March 24, 2018 - link
You just don`t know who this XP psycho is. It went as moose something before and all it did was spam threads with its paranoia.Strunf - Thursday, March 22, 2018 - link
In the age of USB and what not Logitech releases speakers connected by COMM and VGA connectors... maybe it's a way to clear the stocks.