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Design
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As we
mentioned earlier, it has a rather plain look to it and is not as slim and
sexy looking as the EluminX. It has four rubber feet on the bottom to
keep it from sliding and like the EluminX, it does not have the pullout
latches on the back. If you take a closer however, you'll notice the top
is actually nice and thick which somewhat gives you the same angle as a
keyboard with the pullout latches would.
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The
keyboard lights up nicely even under normal lighting conditions when tucked
under the desk. Blue EL wire is used to illuminate the keys. I was
impressed with how well this method evenly lights up all the keys, especially
since they are white and not necessarily clear. Very attractive
indeed.
Like the EluminX, it has green LED's for your
Num, Caps and Scroll Lock keys. It would have been nice to see
blue ones so that it could match nicely and look a bit more appealing.
Located right above the LED's is the On/Off button. This was by far one
of the major complaints users had with the EluminX. It is nice to
be able to turn off the backlight manually and it is definitely its best feature.
Layout & Keys
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There is a num pad with full size keys.
The space bar and top function keys are the same size as those found on the
EluminX keyboard. One thing I really like about this particular model is
the tactile feel of the keys themselves. They feel like those found on a
laptop PC but unlike those found on the Eluminx and most laptops, they are
extremely quiet...about as quiet as keys can get actually.
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Unlike the EluminX, the delete key is located on
the bottom row next to the directional arrows. This takes a bit of
getting used to but then again this was also the case with the EluminX.
Now to fit 106 keys in such a compact design, they had to make a few
sacrifices. Unfortunately, this was with the Enter and Shift keys.
They are significantly smaller than those found on a standard full sized
keyboard.
Lights On!
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Under normal lighting conditions, there is a
faint glow that is a bit more intense around the edges of the keys.
Under complete darkness, it lights up all the keys evenly and looks just about
as stunning as the EluminX.
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