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Nov 12^th, 2008 at 5:18am

T1MT1M Offline
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I am lucky enough to have a boss that every christmas buys me something worth $100 Cheesy

. i need a new keyboard and i have got it down to 2.

http://www.razerzone.com/p-5-the-razer-tarantula-gaming-keyboard.aspx

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/keyboards/keyboard/devices/3498&cl=US,EN

what do we think? (i play a lot of FPS games so lets not only look at this with a MSFS eye

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suggestions for different keyboards are welcome.

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Reply #1 - Nov 12^th, 2008 at 10:04am

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Both of those are good and personally I'd take the Razer. Wink

Here's one you might want to look at. Works great for FPS games.
Plus it's on sale for $69 w/free shipping.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823161028

Sorry about the earlier shortcut Embarrassed

This is the correct one now. Wink

« Last Edit: Nov 12^th, 2008 at 5:16pm by jime59 »

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Reply #2 - Nov 13^th, 2008 at 3:28am

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Is a nice board. Although over here in aus costs $126, so cant get it.

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Reply #3 - Nov 13^th, 2008 at 4:28am

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$100 on a keyboard Smiley

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Reply #4 - Nov 13^th, 2008 at 5:17am

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expat wrote on Nov 13^th, 2008 at 4:28am:

$100 on a keyboard Smiley

Matt

If you read the post you would realise that im not buying it. My boss is buying it for me for a bonus.

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Reply #5 - Nov 13^th, 2008 at 6:52am

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My trusty, bog-standard, MS Keyboard cost me 5 English Pounds from PC World years ago...

...trubble is...

..It has SUDDENLY decided to display as a US keyboard instead of a UK (English) Keyboard after a new HDD installation....so the symbols are all wrong...and checking the language doesn't cure the problem...Buggar...!

...and its raining...and I cant go shopping for Dins on my Motor-bike.... Cry

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Reply #6 - Nov 13^th, 2008 at 11:06am

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This keyboard is a little over you budget, but it looks much better than the others. Wink

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/9836/

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Reply #7 - Nov 14^th, 2008 at 1:31am

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matt2190 wrote on Nov 13^th, 2008 at 11:06am:

This keyboard is a little over you budget, but it looks much better than the others. Wink

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/9836/

holy mother of god. THAT is the most awesome of all awesome things i have ever seen that can be plugged into a USB jack lol.

Obviously besides the mini $30 turrets you can get Cool