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I never got used to it after trying for over two weeks. I'm used to having my hand hover over the left side while gaming with WASD. I don't even look down at my keyboard and it's resting on a keyboard tray so half the time it's hidden by the desk. I bought a Gateway P-6831 FX gaming laptop and I absolutely hated the position of the Fn key - I wish it were between L ctrl and the Windows Key rather than in the far back left corner. Though, the possibility of making the error at the start of a session always exists.I haven't found much use for the LCD or G macro keys. I haven't got a feel for the G keys, so I would have to look down to make sure I was hitting the right key. I sometimes missed my esc key and hit G1 and that could cause a lot of problems.In the end, I disabled the G macro keys, don't even look at the LCD, have the windows key disabler permanently switched on, and use the media key functions instead of the ones found on my laptop.
Typing is fine since my hands are better aligned. I noted that I never play games except at home, so I decided to go for a docking station type setup with a laptop cooler, USB hub, this keyboard and a Logitech G5 mouse.This keyboard layout took a little getting used to. I would sometimes be hitting the G6 button instead of L ctrl, but after a mistake, it's quickly fixed for the rest of the session. Over 2x the price just for the backlight and glow that matches my laptop basically.I've looked on G15 fan sites for plugins for the LCD and macro ideas for the games I played, but I haven't found anything useful beyond what I did with a normal keyboard and what I can normally bring up on my screen in an instant.
I have only used the LCD a little bit, but do far it has been very useful. I had been looking for a backlit keyboard for a long time, but most of them seem to be very pricey. I like the feature to turn off the windows key, who hasn't hit that in a game and been pulled out to the desktop. The key action is very smooth and quiet and the keys feel solid. I finally found this one on sale for about half off and it's excellent. The backlight is nice and I have no problems reading the keys at night. I'm very happy with the purchase and would buy another.
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Sent this back as defective.Anytime I would play Age of Conan the WSAD keys would bug out and my char would stop moving right. I have a feeling it was due to the poor design of the keyboard with the lights underneath not letting enough pressure hit key.
My few quirks with the keyboard are the lack of a volume wheel (much easier to quickly change the volume), the LCD could be slightly larger to fill the space, and the back-lighting can only change brightness, not color (not sure if any keyboards do this currently without a hardware hack). This keyboard is typical Logitech quality; the keys are nice to the touch, not too loud, and have a quick response. I am in love with the LED back-lighting as I do a lot of work at night and don't care to have a light on. The buttons are in the standard layout and size as well. As you can see, these aren't major issues at all, but rather something Logitech can take into consideration for their next model.
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