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Posted by 0iD - Tue 23 Jun 2009 10:39
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but what's also alarming is that OCZ's official product page suggests that the Sabre OLED Gaming Keyboard is compatible only with 32-bit versions of Windows operating systems.
That will only alienate many if it is indeed true. It will lose them a lot of sales to the gaming & modding fraternity, who are the market this kb is aimed at.
Posted by The Jambo - Tue 23 Jun 2009 11:28
I was searching for a place to pre-order, but the 32 bit only has stopped me instantly. Never going back to 32 bit.
Posted by Singh400 - Tue 23 Jun 2009 16:50
0iD
That will only alienate many if it is indeed true. It will lose them a lot of sales to the gaming & modding fraternity, who are the market this kb is aimed at.
+1 on that. Already lost a sale here.
Posted by slugs - Tue 23 Jun 2009 17:30
yes seams very strange. i am only using 32bit os's for testing now
Posted by Georgy291 - Tue 23 Jun 2009 17:34
there was another OLED keyboard but every single button was a individual screen cant remember what it was called but it costs around £1200

as for this never going back to 32bit so lost sale…

how can you still sell 32bit stuff? surely anyone with a bit of brain (mainly avoiding dell) would never get 32bit system as they are so old?
Posted by TheAnimus - Tue 23 Jun 2009 18:22
What shocks me about this, is the 32bit thing shouldn't be an issue.

When designing USB stuff, you use these ‘class’ concepts, for a keyboard, you use HID (Human Input Device) then all you have to do is a platform slightly agnostic ini file.

To actually program the logos and stuff, should be a simple ‘user mode’ program, that is to say there should be no custom device driver code going on here. That usermode 32bit app could easily run on WoW (Windows on Windows, the 32bit hosting for 64bit windows os).

I wounder what issue they came accross that caused them that problem, which ment they branched 32bit off, and ignored 64bit!
Posted by jim - Tue 23 Jun 2009 19:47
I'm kind of thinking it must be a mistake, seems like a very stupid thing to do if true.
Posted by Singh400 - Tue 23 Jun 2009 20:18
Georgy291
there was another OLED keyboard but every single button was a individual screen cant remember what it was called but it costs around £1200
That would be the Optimus Maximus.
Posted by Georgy291 - Tue 23 Jun 2009 23:23
yeah that would be the one….my bday is on 9th nov, you know what to get me :P
Posted by TAKTAK - Tue 23 Jun 2009 23:37
Georgy291
yeah that would be the one….my bday is on 9th nov, you know what to get me :P

Is the answer nothing?
Posted by Georgy291 - Wed 24 Jun 2009 11:47
Optimus Maximus would be alot more appreciated
Posted by HSK - Wed 24 Jun 2009 12:12
Apparantly, the Optimus Maximus is a piece of crap. Aside from it being insanely over priced and over hyped. It's generally cack.
Posted by Georgy291 - Wed 24 Jun 2009 18:51
same thing being said about samsung omnia hd being load off crap……then i got to hold one and i want it since its so awesome
Posted by Singh400 - Wed 24 Jun 2009 21:13
Georgy291
yeah that would be the one….my bday is on 9th nov, you know what to get me :P
Sure! You would like a side order of bull**** sprinkled with no-****ing-way? :D