![]() ![]() It grips well and provides more precise control. Both of these options are better than push-button approaches, in our opinion, but we prefer the roller most of all. You can compare this roller with touch-sensitive volume pads, on which you slide your finger up and down the bar to change volume. On the keyboard's far right side, a conveniently wide, textured rubber volume roller sits above the number keys, accompanied by a mute key. Note that the dedicated macro keys on left side of the keyboard are always set to one color that correlates to whichever macro profile is currently active. Anyway, we wish Alienware would have shoved the connection over even more.Īlienware provides 15 programmable macro keys, including the five dedicated keys conveniently located near the keyboard's left edge, all editable in Alienware Control Center. Yes, this sounds hopelessly pedantic, but consider that the offset will be even larger with wider gaming laptops. For example, we tucked our 13-inch HP Spectre against the AW768's far edge, right up against the keyboard's USB cable, but the resulting position left the laptop screen pushed an inch or two off-center from where we would have preferred. We'd like to think that this offset serves to accommodate laptop users who want to plug in for a superior typing experience compared to their mushy rubber domes. The AW768 has a non-detachable braided cable offset to the right. Alienware's etched symbols ensure that usage in low-light settings isn't frustrating. Without this etching, seeing what you want to type in the dark can be difficult unless you're a very practiced typist. We can't see the asterisk on the number 8 key of our Razer keyboard in a dimly lit room. Unlike Razer's BlackWidow Chroma keyboard, Alienware took an obvious and sensible approach by etching the typographical symbols under the main number keys so both symbols would be legible on each key in low ambient light conditions. ![]() The AW768 uses a standard QWERTY layout, but includes a few frills. The under light's colors match the key backlight, which enhances the cool industrial/space-age vibe this keyboard gives off. (Opens in a new window) Read Our SteelSeries Apex M750 Review But is it the right keyboard for your gaming rig? Let's find out. Dell throws in a lot of perks, and you already know from our 4-out-of-5-star rating that this is a strong contender. That's not a bad price for a mechanical keyboard outfitted with brown switches and arguably the most ornate RGB LED backlighting we've ever seen in a peripheral. Today, we're going to discuss Alienware's flagship keyboard, the AW768, marked down on Dell's site at this writing in January 2018 from $119.99 to $109.99. Of course, whether Alienware systems outfitted with an Alienware Graphics Amplifier require 1.21 gigawatts (Opens in a new window) is a different discussion. Even those gentle but insistent angles in its product design, often accented with the triangular pattern so reminiscent of a flux capacitor, visually suggest blazing speed and unlimited potential.
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