The keyboard also boasts new anti-ghosting technology, the latest buzz word in the world of gaming keyboards. Recording macros is simple to do, and you can edit and tweak them in the supplied software should you wish to perform superhuman feats of key pressing effortlessly. While the X4 has dropped some of the superfluous keys of the X6, such as Cruise Control, it retains six macro keys down the left hand side, with the ability to have three macros set to each key via a macro switching key above. In its native darkly lit room though, we have to admit that the X4 looks great.
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The backlight is perhaps a bit too subtle though, and in daylight it’s hard to see that the X4 is backlit at all, even at full illumination. These control and media keys, as well as including the usual play, pause and skip buttons, also include a backlight control key, with the X4 exuding three different levels of subtle red glow from beneath its keys (or none, if you prefer your keyboards without The Fast and the Furious-style lighting). However, all the F-keys are still easily reached. There have been small tweaks to the conventional keyboard layout though, with the F-keys reduced in size in order to make way for the chunky media and control keys perched along the keyboard’s top edge.
Microsoft has seen fit to not mess about with the conventional QWERTY layout either, so the Enter and Backspace keys are as they should be, and there’s a full battery of keys above the cursor keys. The keys are well made and comfortable, with a pleasant action and springiness.
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