one of it is wow

warcraft uses lots of shortcut keys and imo, if you can use your macros to organize your shortcuts, then you can play the game easier and faster. thats one of the game i know uses tons of shortcuts keys.

totally agreed. even their mouse seems to be logitech g9 and thats including the driver

that is why alot of people thinks razer produce good performance peripheral. truth is, most of their product are crappy. good on the outside, crappy in the inside.

no offend to razer fan

if not, the classic G15. or if you can wait, i would say G110

try press as many keys as you can at the same time. then see how many keys register into your pc

there is limitation for keyboard with PS2 and USB iinm. my G15 could only register 7 keys at a time. but if you have mechanical switches type keyboard, all keys will register if you press all the keys at the same time.

exactly. when i first saw g19 i thought of it too. once you have external power especially on keyboard, it changes things. for me, cable lying around my table is not eye catching. i totally hate to manage my cable and i even hate it more if it is messy and with an extra cable, i have to make sure that it doesnt look obvious on my table.

anyway, its really a good idea to get a small LCD to show whatever you wanna see on your keyboard LCD. i support that not to mention, the price range is around the same

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Added on December 24, 2009, 1:02 amits my next buy too. maybe for my new year present

time to adapt using keyboard without the LCD


This post has been edited by ham_revilo: Dec 24 2009, 01:02 AM

surely i would say G110. its not really that expensive compared to G15 plus it has more macro keys. design wise, it looks better than G15. lastly, the multi colour for those who like bling bling.

so imo, 9 out of 10 people would choose G110 over G15. unless you are LCD keyboard freak

bought a SteelSeries Merc Stealth keyboard recently for RM275 and since im free now i'll make a simple review about it
before i start i would like to say, this review is base on my opinion and sorry if i offended anyone

SteelSeries Merc Stealth Mini Review

The Package:

nice and simple and also heavy (approx. 2kg)

Inside the Package:
everything was pretty simple. also, there isnt a driver CD/DVD too. but there is a booklet that guide you to their website to download the driver. btw, their driver/software called z engine is a total crap imo (will explain later ).

The Keyboard:
Well, pictures tell you everything.
The typing feeling is nice. its consider quiet compare to my G15 and it took me quite some time to get adapt to the keys coz the whole keyboard kinda shift to the right.

This is the part of the keyboard i like the most
this cannot be compare to my G15 coz G15 doesnt even have this feature on it. the extra game pad is really useful during gaming especially first person games. i tried if on COD 6: Modern Warfare 2 and i adapt to it so naturally. all the keys that you need for gaming is beautifully place making it easy to adapt even for a first time like me


sadly to say, this keyboard is a total crap for normal usage. the arrows button were arrange together with the numpad and that is really frustrated when you wanna use the numpad and arrows together (somehow i cannot get use to it). on top of that, the whole section of the ins, del, home, end, page up, page down keys and so on are totally integrated into the numpad. meaning, in order to use it, the numpad trigger has to be off

the driver is not really user friendly. its layout is completely different from the other software i seen before. but if you play with it long enough i guess you will know how to meddle with it. for me, i do not have enough patience to play with it all day long. unlike G15 the software is very straight forward and you will get it right even the first time you use it

also. the bad news is, i have problem with the driver. im not sure if the driver i downloaded wasnt working or what, but i tested both UK and US version both still doesnt solve my problem. the problem is that i couldnt set macros/keys with application. i tried different keys with different version of driver. still cannot

This post has been edited by ham_revilo: Mar 19 2010, 01:00 AM

My favorite part. the lighting


Comparing with G15
The lighting was really awesome and its even brighter than G15 but if you look closely, the Merc is fully lighted but not on the multimedia keys (Top left of the kb)

To simplify things, here is the pros and cons

Pros:
•The extra gamepad provided is perfect for gaming. All the button you ever need for gaming is there and you can customize it if you need.
•Capability to customize every single keys on the keyboard
•Typing feels good and almost identical to G15 but a lil quieter
•Extra audio and mic jack but sound quality from the audio output of the keyboard is significantly decrease.
•Tilting at 11 degree is higher compare to G15 and i really like high tilted keyboard
•Lighting is brighter compare to G15 but somehow the multimedia keys are not lighted. i guess SS assume we dont use it during gaming

Cons:
•A very crappy keyboard for normal usage because of the layout of the right side of the keyboard (Numpad area).
•Driver/software is not user friendly and its faulty though im not sure who's fault is it. could be me or the software itself

Conclusion:
if you are a hardcore gamer than i would recommend this keyboard. for me, i dont really do alot of gaming these days so most of the time i'll be using it for windows application. hence, i really felt frustrated at times mainly because of the numpad and arrows keys that are arrange together. besides the driver problem i really think its a descend keyboard but it is certainly not a universal keyboard. it is very strictly for gaming only

*hope you guys enjoy it and sorry if i left out anything.

thanks man. anyway, i bought it at RM275 from moderno. i guess you can get it from from most lyner that sells it or in lyp.

also, updated the review

ask yourself 1 thing. do you prefer a LCD on your kb or lots of macros

G15 and G110 has an obvious different as i mention. G15 has LCD and G110 has more macro keys. you decide

i guess you already chose what you want right G15 suits you better in this case.

G110 backlight is indeed brighter but G15 lights can blink according to the music? i dont think so. unless you have mod it or something. the default G15 doesnt have this feature on it.

about the palm rest, i have been using G15 for over a year now and everything seems okay to me. plus, each time i clean my keyboard, i always remove the palm rest and put it back on. so i guess its quite durable unless you really torture it

im not too sure about the keystroke but i assume it should be almost the same since its from the same family of keyboards. hence, the base design of the keyboard should be almost the same.

for me, the LCD is useful when you are gaming and listening to songs as im able to know what song im playing and the volume lvl. or sometimes you need to know your PC information like the temp, cpu load and etc during gaming. basically, you can see some general information on the small LCD when you are gaming and you can actually customize it too

This post has been edited by ham_revilo: Mar 26 2010, 02:24 PM

yes, G110 is on usb 2.0 while G15 is 1.1. also, i think the audio jack will reduce your sound quality.

anyway, in your case, i suggest you get G110

lol... have been hunting that keyboard for quite some time. some of them said, it's available at the curve but when i go there, i dont see it

or maybe i didnt open my eyes big enough

mind telling which part of curve? i really didnt found any pc shops there