Are the keys flat or curved? Is there a huge alignment distance between "S" and "W" (I'm a gamer)
340356
Keys are curved, slightly. My biggest negative for this keyboard is the "Home" key is right next to the "Backspace" key. A lot of time when I just want to backspace I wind up hitting the home key by accident and it shoots my cursor all the way to the beginning of the line. I really do like the lighted keys, though.
340357
It is a standard keyboard with shallow square keys that are tightly aligned. Could take some getting used to, the home key is adjacent to the backspace which can be confusing. Other than that it is a regular keyboard that we use for gaming.
340358
keys are flat, im not to sure what you mean alignment distance if you mean if they're straight lined up even then no, they're like any other keyboard slightly spaced off.
340359
To be clear, I hate this keyboard, but then I have been using it for almost a year now, so it's not totally bad. The keys, they look flat, but looking closer they seem to have the appearance of at least a subtle curve, so slightly concave. The s and the w keys are slightly offset like on most keyboards. I hope that helps.
340360
this keyboard sucks for gaming... seriously! I don't know what its is good for hit the cat with?? It does not remember the state it was last in so every reboot required reactivating the lights. The key to illuminate was print screen / scroll lock which screwed up some other applications that i used when i was turning it on or off. I bought a Logitech illuminated K740. The illumination works great and it remembers the state of the lighting. It also is flat and the keys are easy to see / use. I play BF4 so this works great although i use a Logitech g13 with that also. But games like Far cry 3 work great. good luck this keyboard sucks for gaming... seriously! I don't know what its is good for hit the cat with?? It does not remember the state it was last in so every reboot required reactivating the lights. The key to illuminate was print screen / scroll lock which screwed up some other applications that i used when i was turning it on or off. I bought a Logitech illuminated K740. The illumination works great and it remembers the state of the lighting. It also is flat and the keys are easy to see / use. I play BF4 so this works great although i use a Logitech g13 with that also. But games like Far cry 3... » Read More this keyboard sucks for gaming... seriously! I don't know what its is good for hit the cat with?? It does not remember the state it was last in so every reboot required reactivating the lights. The key to illuminate was print screen / scroll lock which screwed up some other applications that i used when i was turning it on or off. I bought a Logitech illuminated K740. The illumination works great and it remembers the state of the lighting. It also is flat and the keys are easy to see / use. I play BF4 so this works great although i use a Logitech g13 with that also. But games like Far cry 3 work great. good luck « Show Less
340361
there flat an not spaced its just standard but it is truely a great keyboard
340362
Keys are flat..and they are slippery.My biggest gripe about this keyboard is that the keys are closer together than I was used to,and the backspace button has been switched with the home button.Needless to say,my typos not only have increased,but back spacing to fix them takes a bit longer lol.The novelty has about worn off,and I'm ready to go back to my standard keyboard.
1414659
in short the answer is....it doesnt matter. the keyboard is junk. pass it up and find something better for the money.
1582656
The keyboard that was shipped to me has an enter key that is one row "tall" with a |\ key above it (next to the brackets).
662549
Yes. The space bar, backspace, enter, any key that isn't the size of a letter key will sound different because they use a leveling bar. Still a MX blue underneath, but the leveling bar make a different sound
635785
Yes but it's really shoddy, the backlight is positioned away from the middle of the keys so you can really see the difference between the top part of the letter and the bottom and there is no light around the edges of each key like there ought to be. I'm really sorry I bought this laptop.
1376054
99% flat. With the barest curve on the edges of the keys, but I can hardly feel it. It's like a laptop keyboard, more or less, which is why I bought it. Very satisfied with its performance!
197444
The key are completely flat, with very little space between keys. When I tried it out at the store, my finger tips kept getting pinched between the keys. My AS1810 is coming next week. Being a former ThinkPad user, I think it's going to take some time for me to adjust to the Acer keyboard.
343196
The keyboard I received was defective and was returned. I cannot answer your question.
1792743
It's not easy quantifying this. Assuming you are using for gaming, the WASD keys are a little more the 3/4 of an inch apart, center to center. The G keys are a little more than an inch and a half apart from the left edge of the "a" key to the right edge of the nearest G key (G4 in this case). It may help to know what games you play, how you plan to use the keyboard, and possibly how far you can stretch your pinky comfortably.
793162
Sorry Mitch. First, I don't do "gaming," so I really wouldn't know, but it is a great machine.Second, I returned the computer unused because the keyboard was not adequately displayed on the website and was not to my liking. The keyboard is flat, the keys are not separated and/or raised. I returned it in exchange for an Acer Aspire, 17 inch with raised and separated keys. I've had a Toshiba notebook for 15+ years and have had no problem with it, so if you have already purchased this one you should be very pleased with it.
1972537
The keyboard is just slightly different. Extra notations on the keys and an extra function key to make them work. Kind of like a scientific calculator.
2172630
Most of the keys are standard sized. For example, the distance between Q and ] is the same. But the tab and \ keys are smaller compared to a full sized keyboard
1893274
Yes, though some of the keys don't match up perfectly. The F5 key is blank when it shouldn't be. But that's about it.
1348255
Sorry for not responding sooner. YES! The keys ARE wiggly. However, that was a selling point for me. I'm a nervous kind that finds moving the keys back and forth a pleasant habit while considering my next step. Silly? YEP!
1961100
Check below the "M" and "V" keys to find the up/down left/right keys. Hope this helps.
732003
The keyboard seems fairly standard size to me. There is some resistance to the keystrokes.
1418675
It is a bit different from a typical keyboard For example: If you want to use an apostrophe (') you have to hold down the FN key on the lower left corner of the board while pressing the (L) key. It is color coded..the FN key has blue letters on it and the Lkey has a blue apostrophe on it. No layout, but it wasn't too hard to figure out after playing with it. My space bar has to be touched in just the right spot or it doesn't work. Hope this helps!