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CORSAIR K100 RGB Mechanical Keyboard

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CORSAIR decided one flagship keyboard was not enough for 2020 and introduces the K100 RGB today. It checks off more features than an IKEA showroom, including an optical switch option, brand-new technology to boost USB signal strength, much improved hardware playback, and a customizable wheel!

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Looks nice
 
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Looks good, but I would have settled for software that didn't crap out 10 times a day lol
 
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Too expensive for a keyboard. And it is bad that Corsair adapts a standard bottom row buttons only in their most expensive offering which already comes with BPT keycaps. I would love to see an updated version of K70 with standard layout so that we can use 3rd party keycaps of our choice.
 
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avatar_raq said:
Too expensive for a keyboard. And it is bad that Corsair adapts a standard bottom row buttons only in their most expensive offering which already comes with BPT keycaps. I would love to see an updated version of K70 with standard layout so that we can use 3rd party keycaps of our choice.
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A new keycap mold is very expensive, so I am sure they will be adopting this layout for future keyboards also.
 
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Why we can't have a "normal" enter key anymore?
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i love it but that price.. jeez.. :kookoo:
 
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csendesmark said:
Why we can't have a "normal" enter key anymore?
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That's ISO layout, which you would get if you buy a keyboard in most European countries. The reviewed model is ANSI, which is what they use in North American and many other countries.
I don't like ANSI keyboard either and have had to get myself ISO keyboards when I've been back home. ANSI keyboards are also short a key or two, depending on your native langage, which makes it hard to change language on an ANSI layout keyboard if your language is based on an ISO layout.

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Normal for you is UK ISO, and that isn't normal for most people. Either way, this keyboard comes in that layout also.
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ISO is not UK specific, it's more of a European wide standard, even though they actual key layout might differ a bit depending on how many additional letters the various languages have.
Currently using an ISO Nordic layout, although technically that's the wrong term for it, as you can't type Icelandic of Faroese on it, or at least not easily.
For some rather obscure reason, Norway and Denmark decided to swap Æ and Ø around, even though they otherwise appear to have identical keyboard layouts...
 
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Vote down ... it does missing shortcut for the Microsoft Calculator.
Multimedia buttons this is a positive step.
 
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TheLostSwede said:
ISO is not UK specific, it's more of a European wide standard, even though they actual key layout might differ a bit depending on how many additional letters the various languages have.
Currently using an ISO Nordic layout, although technically that's the wrong term for it, as you can't type Icelandic of Faroese on it, or at least not easily.
For some rather obscure reason, Norway and Denmark decided to swap Æ and Ø around, even though they otherwise appear to have identical keyboard layouts...
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Correct, but I meant to say that there's a 100% chance of this keyboard coming in UK ISO layout, so he can get it. I don't know for sure about the other languages supported at this time.

kiriakost said:
Vote down ... it does missing shortcut for the Microsoft Calculator.
Multimedia buttons this is a positive step.
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Set it in iCUE so you can use any key to pull up the calculator (or any other program).
 
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what's the knob do? didn't see any mention of it
 
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Wow thats a pricey board.
 
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