给自己个休息先。。
昨天爱人播了我已好久没听得歌。张玉华的《原谅》。
五年前的事情，全都一涌涌的浮出来了。
常听人家说，
第一次的回忆，是最难忘的。
无可否认，那时候的痛，到现在我还会隐隐约约地感觉到那一阵阵的失望。是，是失望。
已经不再感觉到痛了。
如果我们会在一起，现在会是个怎样的情景呢？哈哈。。
Phew! That is all I can utter right now. It’s been quite a nice 1st semester 09/10 for me.
To be frank, I was a little disappointed in myself for getting myself into extension of my degree course, and since I’m already in this deep shit, I might as well make the best out of this “extended semester”.
Boy, how glad I did made the best out of the 4 months given to me.
Internship life I will experience….a year later
Things were not that pleasant though at the beginning. Friends and course mates around me all were either complaining or enjoying their new internship life, a life I know I will not be living through it till a year later. To make matters worse, some even were lucky enough to be in foreign countries having the so called training aka vacation.
As a consolation, there’s still some very good friends I came to knew back from the 3rd semester of year 08/09, who’s taking the same subjects as me. At least I’ll not be alone all the time. :D
New housemate, with a new twist too
Oh, a new housemate arrives in our reasonably-clean house. Quite a shy fellow, but nonetheless a very pleasant guy to talk to.
I got myself into trouble too, for what apparently, for all the wrong reasons. I came to realize that, where most people have the same sense of humour as yours, there’s some who don’t.
A room for three, all mine *evil grin*
A roommate of mine went back to his hometown for internship, another moving to the single room for a while, means that the room that is meant for the three of us is now..mine. *drool*
It’s always a pleasant experience to have the privacy and the room all to myself, but I do miss the presence of my roommates, too quiet can be harmful to health.
Oh, and my sincere apology to Robin, for which I used his table for my notes and stuffs. I’m very sorry Robin, I will clear them off before you’re back okay? Hehe.. :P
Nua-ing before examinations
Without the pressure from my fellow housemates when it comes to study for final exams, I found myself in a state of nua (lazy in Hokkien) 2 weeks before my first paper. I haven’t even touched my notes at that time. Instead gaming and watching movies were my top priorities, for 3-4 days. It’s until when there’s only 10 days left before my first test that I came to realize the apparent fate I will suffer if I continue nua-ing.
An experience I hope I will not go through again, or it shall be the real doom of me. *shudders*
Finals
Lucky for me, all my papers were not that difficult, which I hope will give me a decent result. *Finger crossed*
Conclusion
This is one moment of life where all the minute things I often disregard become so apparent without all the attractions and distractions around me.
A good lesson learned. :)
See you guys next semester! Happy holiday!
1.今天坐公车,到站开门后,一个男人突然堵住车门说自己手机不见了,不让人下 车.人群哗然.这时旁边有人说打那个男人的手机,看在谁身上响谁就是贼.这个男人就向边上的一个人借了手机要拨自己的号码,突然靠近门口的一个人拔腿挤下 车就跑,这个男人也没还人家的手机就叫嚣着追了过去,转眼都不见了.于是,这次真的有人丢了手机.....
2.一朋友手机不小心被偷了。
两个星期后，他在外地旅游的 时候，收到深圳的一部手机发送的短息：“请注意：我们将连续六小时内不断地拨打你的电话，请作好心里准备。你可以选择关机，谢谢！”在收到这条信息后，便 有一部小灵通不打来电话，康一接听，对方就说：“我们将在六小时内连续不停拨打你的电话，你可以选择关机“。康问对方为什么这样做，对方回答说是测试；然 后挂机。此后，康大约每分钟接到一次由这部小灵通打来的电话，康每次接听，对方就叫他关机。对方不断地拨打，康终于不堪忍受，只好关机。半天后开机，他在 成都的家属打来电话，说有人打电话到家里，称康突发事故正在抢救，请对方立即汇多少钱到某某帐号，并声称，如果在多长时间内收不到钱将停止抢救。
3. 在路上遇到一个人，问一条较偏的路，然后说车子开不进去了，要你帮忙看一下车上的货，他去接人来卸货。如果你答应了，你就准备着上当吧。因为，你在守货 时，会有有来将车开车，说是那人要他们来的，车刚走，那人和一大帮人就过来找你麻烦了，如果不拿出你身上的钱，你是走不掉了
4. 一个女孩刚从火车站出来把箱子放在ic电话旁，开始拨电话了，这时她后面站了一个男的手里拿着卡，好像在排队打电话。正当她刚刚把我的号码拨完，突然后面 那个人伸出手“啪“的一声把话机的压簧按了下去，电话没有接通。这时女孩转过身很气愤的看着那个人，那个男人立即满脸堆笑，连声说对不起！说不是故意的。 然后告诉女孩，你按重播键就可以了！！！这个阴谋像一张网此刻已经张开了！！！女孩满脸疑惑的转过来，按了重播键。这次没有再挂断，通了！但是，是另外一 个陌生的声音。女孩问：“某在吗？“那个声音：“对不起，他刚才有急事出去了，连手机都没有拿，他让我去接你。“女孩又问“他不是让我打的去××大厦 吗？“那个声音：“是这样子，我们有车，现在我们去车站接你，你到车站旁边的××等我！“这是一直站在女孩身后的那个男子说话了：“我知道××这个地方， 离这儿很近的刚才不好意思啊，为了表示歉意我送你去哪儿！！“说着就拉起女孩的行李，这是电话那边已经挂了！那个可怜的女孩就傻乎乎的相信了那个人的话， 跟着那个男子走，还不时的给那个男子道谢!!!当走到流花车站旁边的时候，那个男子好像遇到了一个熟人，打了个招呼。那个人笑嘻嘻的说：“行啊你，这么靓 的都搞得到！“那个男子立刻板起脸，骂了一句。这时小师妹突然间像是意识到了什么，经过十几秒钟的思考，立刻明白了自己处境。就在这千钧一发之际，一个保 安从前面听到喊声跑了过来。注意：那IC电话是做了手脚的！！！不要轻易和陌生人说话，不然不久以后你就可能出现在山沟沟里面.
All right, this article will be my first ever hardware review, so give me a break ok if it’s not thorough enough. I will try to cover all aspects of the piece of hardware that I will be reviewing.
As the title states, I will be reviewing the SteelSeries 7G keyboard.
Just a brief introduction of the brand, SteelSeries caters to the need of gamers with its wide range or gaming gears including mouses, keyboards and headphones. You know the drill.
First Impression
The first thing I noticed about this keyboard is that it is heavy, to be exact the weight is 2,6kg. What that means to you is that this keyboard will not simply “glides” away under intense gaming condition (or fierce typing.)
Closer Look
Here are the specifications of the 7G :
- Switches: Gold plated no-click
- Switch lifetime: 50,000,000 cycles
- Assembly: Face plate mounted keyset
- Dimensions: 480 x 250 mm / 18,9 x 9,8 in
- Cable length: 2 m (6,6 ft.)
- Connectivity: PS/2 + USB
It also comes with a removable palm rest. The palm rest is HUGE that it took out all my desk space. Typing with the palm rest or without the it is a personal preference. For me, I feel a little more comfortable typing without the palm rest.
The switches is gold-plated for better time response, and it can withstand 50 million keystrokes. That’s at least 5 times more than the average membrane keyboard life cycle. Suffice to say, this keyboard can last you A LIFETIME, literally.
The cable is braided (always a good thing) and it’s 2m long, excellent for those who put their PC far away.
There’s 2 USB ports and a jack each for microphone and audio. It’s a little disappointing that the USB is 1.1, not the now standard 2.0.
The jacks are placed at the back of the keyboard (behind the escape key), which is a little awkward as I have to bend over in order to access them. It will be nice if the designers at SteelSeries could have put them on the side of the keyboard instead for easier access.
The 7G connects using the old PS/2 connection instead of the USB. The USB is just to bridge the two USB ports on the keyboard to the PC. However, a PS/2 to USB converter is provided.
Why using an older technology, you ask. Well, for a good reason PS/2 is hardware only and it’s low-level. That means it run things faster, which means less latency compared to USB.
Another good reason for using PS/2 is its “anti-ghosting” capability. It’s a good feature for gamers as the 7G prevents keyboard lockup, the effect that will suspends all input if you accidentally press too many buttons at once.
But I seriously doubt that gamers will press THAT many keys during gaming – How many Counter Strike players that crouch, reload and move forward and left all at the same time? A little overkill, mate.
The normal windows key in between the Ctrl and Alt key is replaced by the SteelSeries logo key, which acts as a function key to the controls on the F-row keys. It’s a good thing as there’s no longer any “jump to desktop” problem which is a frustrating problem, especially when in a intense gaming session.
There’s the keys mute, volume decrease/increase, play/pause and previous/forward.
Mechanical Switch
This keyboard uses mechanical switches instead of the normal membrane ones.
The 7G uses the the Cherry MX Black switch (Cherry is a German brand that specialises in keyboard switches) which is a non-tactile, non-clicky switch--which is to say it is linear and does not transmit a bump to the user's fingertip when pressed (non-tactile) and it does not provide an audible click (non-clicky). It will, however, produces a click-like sound when it is bottom-out (pressing the whole key down)
Here’s a short video of me typing on the 7G for those curious of the sound this keyboard.
In my honest opinion, the typing feel on the 7G is the best typing experience I ever had. I find this keyboard is the perfect balanced for both typing and gaming. I usually play a lot of RTS games that requires me to press the keys a lot of times and although it takes a little time of getting used to, my gaming performance instantly improved. (Not as much as you might think though, I’m still noob)
Same case with my typing performance. The improvement is much more obvious as now I don’t have to punch the keys down as hard as I used to to the extend that my housemates suspects I’m on rage-mode.
One thing that bothers me though, is the LED indicator for the num/caps/scroll locks. I’m not a person that always look down on the keyboard while typing but the LED is a little too bright for comfort. You might want to cover that LED with some scotch tape to “decrease” its brightness. :D
Conclusion
The 7G keyboard is definitely one of the best keyboards out there that is both good for gaming as well as typing. The keyboard is of solid build quality and with the Cherry MX black switches it’s good for both typing and gaming that will last you a lifetime.
The downside of the 7G however, is the price. Costing around RM530-RM550, it’s really a little too much to bear for many people. Even for a VERY good keyboard.
Then there’s the USB port. As a high-end product, I would expect a standard USB 2.0 on the keyboard instead of the obsolete USB 1.1.
Another problem is the keycap prints. After just three weeks using it, I found out that the prints on the keys are smudged with dirt. I tried using cloth to try removing the smudge without accidentally scratching off the whole print, but to no avail. Again, as a high-end product with a high price, there’s a suspicion of me thinking that SteelSeries is overpricing the 7G.
The lack of any features leaves the 7G with a solid and clean appearance that some gamers like. If you’re like me who does not like extra features on a keyboard such as LCD screen and other gimmicks then the 7G is for you. You don’t have to worry that punching the keys down too hard will ever spoil your keyboard anymore, unless you’re using it as a baseball bat.
It feels great typing, it feels even better gaming on it. Buy it if you want a keyboard that lasts a lifetime.
