tarantula macros easy to reach? you must be kidding...or you are playing your games with both the hands on the keyboard, instead of one on the mouse. the tarantula has 2 sides of macros consisting 5 keys per side. the right side one, you left hand need to travel whole keyboard distance to reach the other 5 macros on the right. and it doesn't sounds easy to me, while playing games with one hand on keyboard, another on the mouse.
the fact is, the G15 has 18 macro keys times 3 profiles. meaning it gives you 54 macros combo on the left of your keyboard. and that is much much easier to reach.
My summary after considering the 3 (before i get my G15):
- Saitek Eclipse II for the price (cheaper among the 3) and lights color changing (you need that?). Plain good ol' keyboard with lightnings.
- G15 for the functions and LCD and whachamacallit...bang for the buck. the cons: HUGE!
- Tarantula for the Razer gimmicks and more gimmicks. hyper response not required on keyboard plus the antighosting, some tests show that it only supports 8 keys. good design (apart from macro on the right), but not value for money.
Correct 5 left, 5 right But you still can be using the left half of your keyboard rite? So my 5 keys are for those 5 which my hands are unable to reach after my max capacity. Like my macro L5 is P for my war3 human peasant....L4 as O to learn skil for hero....And value for money....hmmm....its an ok ok keyboard. But for me its not a problem...as G15 is not my type..