THE 500K

The plastic body of the 500k features a black and gray color combination and measures 487mm long, 170mm wide and 40mm thick (weighs just under a kilo).

Membrane switches have improved over the years but still can't compete with mechanical ones in terms of durability and feedback (both tactile and audible).

COUGAR has placed its logo at the top center.

The space bar is cut in half so the other half is now a fully programmable key.

5 extra fully programmable keys are placed on the far left.

You can swap between the 3 available modes on-the-fly by using these keys.

The keyboard illumination can be controlled from the button with the light printed on it while the Windows keys can be enabled / disabled from the key with the lock on it (obviously).

The play/pause, stop, backwards and forward multimedia keys are placed on the upper right corner.

Via the F1 through F4 keys you can control the keyboard repeat rate.

You can select the 6-key or N-Key Rollover from these two keys right next to the print screen one.

3 volume control keys are placed right to them and right beneath the previously mentioned multimedia keys.

A powered USB port is placed on the front right corner of the keyboard.

Turning over the keyboard we see nothing flashy just two rubber coated legs.

These legs keep the front end of the keyboard 10mm of the desktop.

The 500k ships with a 1.8m braided cable and two gold plated USB connectors (1 is to provide extra juice for the connector at the front).

With the removable palm-rest attached the 500k becomes 230mm wide.