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6.6
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    6.0
  • Tactility / button-feel
    7.3
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6.0
Tom's Guide Feb 23, 2010

Unless you’re a pro gamer who must press at least six buttons at a time when gaming, stick with Microsoft’s flagship X6. On the off-chance you are a pro gamer, you’ve now got a budget keyboard option.

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7.0
Pocket-Lint Feb 24, 2010

If you have highly trained fine motor typing skills, then you won't have an issue but, for us, the main keys are just wrong - too cramped, to high set and the surfaces too easy to miss ... That aside, Microsoft has come up with a very good peripheral.

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9.0
Kenworth

I have tested many, many keyboards from Logitech, Razer, and multiple other "gaming keyboard" manufacturers. I settled on this keyboard as my main keyboard mostly for its gaming feel but is also well suited for everyday use. The keys are short and crisp in use even for a rubber...

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