Anyone using these "Illuminated" keyboards?

[AMDnut]

...from www.eluminx.com

These look cool! I've been looking at them and think this one together with a black LCD and Black Logitech cordless mouse and 5.1 speakers would be a hella cool desk area!

Anyone used these yet? How do they work? Do the keys have a nice feel? I'm generally picky about my keyboards so I'm a little shy of spending $100 on this without someones endorsment!!!

What do you guys think?

[Richard R.]

pretty cool, but no, i have no experience with one

[Shinma]

Looks very techo.

[wetling]

Techo?

I prefer ergonomic keyboards.

[Tuxy]

Yeh if it wasn't a laptop keyboard layout I'de get one. But laptop keyboards suck and so does this I'm afraid.

[Marvt74]

no experience with them and i must agree they are not my cup of tea and i could think of a lot i could do with $100
how about buying some of that neon string and jazzing up your standard keyboard?

[K62]

yeah reminds me of a laptop keyboard, but it does look really cool. I hate laptop keyboards, I loved the old keyboards thjat made the big "click" when you pushed it down

[ris]

i had to use one of those older ones when i bust my regualr soft-touch one. the satisfying clunk and the novelty of having to whack the keys soon worse off when i got down to writing an essay

[Tuxy]

Here's a make-shift "illuminated" keyboard

[krupted]

ive always wondred why more keyboards arent lighted....

[RinGo]

Them keyboards look sweet.
I would get one if;
1. They were ergonomic and
2. They were available in Australia

Dam us aussies not getting anything that is of technological value!

[yellowfungus]

Tuxy I have the exact same altec lansing speakers!!

As for the keyboard, I agree, if the layout wasn't so crammed I'd like it more.

[ELF2000]

I don't like the feel of laptop keyboards and I wouldn't spend $100 on a laptop keyboard.

[Todd a]

I don't care for it. The layout and looks are not what I'm looking for, but maybe something like the Logitech Cordless MX DUO:





I just checked out a small reveiw of them here:

http://www.athlonxp.com/modules.php?..._mx700duo.html

The odd thing is it lists the retail at $99. That would be a VERY good deal. I most see if that price is correct. That could be my birthday pressent if it is. Woo Hoo. NewEgg conferms this mighty combo with the MX700 mouse for $85 +$6 shipping here:

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...126-124&depa=1

The mouse alone at NewEgg is $61 +$5 shipping. That's only $24 (+$1 shipping) extra for the keyboard, which normally runs $36 (at NewEgg again).That would replace my junky generic keyboard and cheap'o Memorex wheel mouse (non-optically and corded).

[ThreeOnTheTree]

I may just be thinking out loud, but I'd prefer if just the characters (letters, numbers, symbols, etc) were lit, and not the entire key. Sorta like a car's spedometer. This one here has too much light for my tastes.