{"id":4915,"date":"2008-08-21T14:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-08-21T14:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-21T12:47:00","slug":"new-microsoft-gaming-keyboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/4915-new-microsoft-gaming-keyboard.html","title":{"rendered":"New Microsoft gaming keyboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft added to its hardware lineup yesterday with the new SideWinder X6 keyboard (<a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/photos\/showphoto.php\/photo\/5841\" target=\"_blank\">Sidewinder keyboard image<\/a>), a gaming-specific keyboard which can be configured as users want it. <\/p>\n<p>The X6 includes a switchable keypad which can be attached to either the left or the right hand side of the keyboard. The switchable keypad can be used as a normal number pad during work hours and as a programmable macro pad in gaming mode. The X6 can store up to 90 macros per game and includes a back light for low-light conditions. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;We know that consumers don&#8217;t want to pull out and set up a second keyboard for a gaming session, so we created a device that was perfect for both gaming and regular computer use,&quot; said Kevin Flick, user researcher for Microsoft Hardware. &quot;With the switchable key pad, gamers will have a fantastic, customisable experience whether they&#8217;re playing their favourite game or creating Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentations.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The X6 keypad can be toggled between standard mode and two preset game modes with LEDs on the keypad indicating which mode the keyboard is in.<\/p>\n<p>The keypad can also be configured to switch between modes based on the application being used at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the X6 yesterday, Microsoft hardware also announced the SideWinder X5 mouse. The X5 is a nine-button mouse with vertical side buttons and adjustable sensitivity up to 2 000 DPI.<\/p>\n<p>The SideWinder X6 Keyboard and SideWinder X5 Mouse will be available from September&nbsp; and will cost R599 and R799 respectively.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php?t=132303\"><strong>Microsoft sidewinder discussion<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft releases SideWinder keyboard and mouse designed for serious gamers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}