Mad Catz be crazy!

[n0cturnal]

http://www.techpowerup.com/170455/Ma...-Keyboard.html

So I guess the R.A.T mice wasn't enough, now it is time to make some crazy keyboards.





http://www.madcatz.com/strike7/

[BicycleMafioso]

Membrane? :C
Otherwise looks cool.

[tigojones]

$300???? Holey crap. That's more than I spent on my video card.

[demonskies]

At $300 dollars for U.S. I'd stay away from Madcatz. Way to big of an investment lol. I like the RAT mice visually but am so turned way from getting one because the Mad Catz name. After so many broken shitty Ps1/PS2 controllers bought as a kid. Always let your friends use the shit offbrands when they come over lol.

[Nuckels]

That "sci-fi" style is absolutely horrible.. 300dollars for a touchscreen, ya k.

[n0cturnal]

It does have some neat features yeah, but $299 for a non mechanical keyboard seems steep and it will be probably be hard to sell.

[Cyanotical]

At $300 dollars for U.S. I'd stay away from Madcatz. Way to big of an investment lol. I like the RAT mice visually but am so turned way from getting one because the Mad Catz name. After so many broken shitty Ps1/PS2 controllers bought as a kid. Always let your friends use the shit offbrands when they come over lol.

there computer keyboards and mice division was acquired from Saitek, they are not the same engineers who made shitty PS1 controllers


also, i'd buy it on the spot if it came with MX blacks, but.......wtf

Replete with a specially engineered membrane which mimics the tactile feel generated by the mechanical keys often preferred by gamers - - without the resultant excessive noise

AKA "we are being cheap and are trying sell junk as a premium keyboard"

[Keller]

there computer keyboards and mice division was acquired from Saitek, they are not the same engineers who made shitty PS1 controllers


also, i'd buy it on the spot if it came with MX blacks, but.......wtf



AKA "we are being cheap and are trying sell junk as a premium keyboard"

pretty much. Sad thing is this keyboard will definetly find a market amongst people who'd rather invest in weird funky looks rather then features, quality and base functionality.

[demonskies]

there computer keyboards and mice division was acquired from Saitek, they are not the same engineers who made shitty PS1 controllers


also, i'd buy it on the spot if it came with MX blacks, but.......wtf



AKA "we are being cheap and are trying sell junk as a premium keyboard"

Ahh Ive been learned real good today. Didnt know it was aquired by another company. Well thats cool I guess still 300 is a little steep i might as well save the 1500ish for the Optimus :P

[inux94]

pretty much. Sad thing is this keyboard will definetly find a market amongst people who'd rather invest in weird funky looks rather then features, quality and base functionality.

They're already there, you know who they are. Starts with R. ^^

For $300 I'd expect a mechanical keyboard, holy hell.

[MonsieuRoberts]

Not mechanical, not buying.

Not that I wouldn't love to...in my opinion, this thing is fucking awesome looking!

[Cyanotical]

Starts with R. ^^

what you did there, i see it

[Deatheryn]

Yeah I was looking for MX Cherrys or mechanical keys in general and when didn't see any listed almost had a heart attack that they would try to charge $300 for a keyboard that isn't mechanical. The touchscreen doesn't mean shit to me!, I prefer a plain mechanical keyboard to a non-mech. w/ toughscreen! Over priced suboptimal KB IMO!

[Keller]

Yeah I was looking for MX Cherrys or mechanical keys in general and when didn't see any listed almost had a heart attack that they would try to charge $300 for a keyboard that isn't mechanical. The touchscreen doesn't mean shit to me!, I prefer a plain mechanical keyboard to a non-mech. w/ toughscreen! Over priced suboptimal KB IMO!

I dont expect the touchscreen to do much either. Much slower then physical keys anyways.

[glo]

Not that I would ever spend money on a $300 keyboard, but there are plenty of people willing to buy non-mechanical for other reasons. After using ergo keyboards for the longest time like this:



There's no way in hell that I would ever go back to the wrist strain of a normal layout.

[Keller]

Not that I would ever spend money on a $300 keyboard, but there are plenty of people willing to buy non-mechanical for other reasons. After using ergo keyboards for the longest time like this:

*snip*

There's no way in hell that I would ever go back to the wrist strain of a normal layout.

Ergo keyboards are pretty good, especially microsoft's old ergonomic series, too bad there arent any mechanical ergo keyboards. The madcatz though has nothing to offer but Percieved prettiness and what seems to be tacked on functionality that isnt any faster then just doing it the normal way.

The only thing i like about it is the wheel and red button and that's just because i fucking love wheels - I loved the MX revo aswell.
Also I'd expect the wristrest to be memoryfoam.

[Kraenen]

looks useless and a waste of resources, money, time, effort, just about everything you can think of. just like any of these other cheap knock offs that try to reach for more money

[Cyanotical]

looks useless and a waste of resources, money, time, effort, just about everything you can think of. just like any of these other cheap knock offs that try to reach for more money

what exactly is it knocking off? cheap, yes, waste of money, yes, but it is rather original

[MonsieuRoberts]

what exactly is it knocking off? cheap, yes, waste of money, yes, but it is rather original

Razer Blade, maybe? *laughs*

[Deleted]

Razer Blade, maybe? *laughs*

How?

OT:
This has to be the definition of "gimmicky". $300 rubber dome keyboard with LCD, flashy lights and tacky design. No thanks.