Re: Z20 & Z15 - Bought Both - prefer Z15
2021/03/08 23:36:54
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@Jlmajeske: I purchased the linear versions.
Z15 Advantages according to my "non scientific" and "minimal investment of time":
- The Z15 seems quieter then the Z20 to my ears while typing
- I prefer the way the Z15 keys feel. I type fast and the Z15 feels smoother to me.
- Z15 is less wide (17.5" wide) vs the Z20 (18 5/8" wide)..ok that was semi scientific, I actually used a tape measure
- Z15 has no macro buttons which I would never use anyway, saving cost
- Z15 has no TOF sensor which I wouldn't use anyway thereby reducing cost and complexity, and increasing reliability (my theory)
- Z15 doesnt have an audio 3.5mm cord for headset plug on keyboard, nor an extra usb cord = less annoying bulk across desk. I use a 2.1 desk system (poor man's audio flex: Denon AVR + Fluance bookshelves + Crown XLS2000 + Alpine Type R 12" in a vented 4.6cu ft vented box & a 12" Infinity in a 4.6cu ft vented box)
Side notes:
- both keyboards are very heavy which I LOVE! The keyboards stay in place and don't get easily pushed around.
- I do sometimes accidentally hold down movement keys while gaming and get confused why my toon is apparently strafing when he should be running straight. It is due to these awesome, easy to actuate keys (larger hands and I lazily rest them on the keys - mid 40s year old you become, movements on accident you will do...if Yoda was a gamer, he might just say such a thing)
- the 6 key rollover vs n key rollover I only came across because I duck duck go'd n key rollover for some insight. Found a site that you click in the box and hold down a metric fuq ton of keys and see if they all register. By default it was set to 6 key. The whole polling at 4k vs 1k makes sense. Nobody would probably ever notice. On the other hand, if you bought a car with a supercharger or turbo, and found out by default its set to off, you would probably find that odd. Spend the money to engineer, build, & source the extra hardware necessary for every key to be able to be pressed at the same time and it would be communicated to the computer, at extra cost, but then ship it set to OFF by default seems odd. I did find some articles explainig that older BIOS versions can only see 6 key rollover or something to that effect and n key rollover could cause the keyboard to not be visible or something. Didn't apply to me so I stopped trying to decipher the details.