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Updated Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Keyboard Drops Macro Keys, Only Improves Fingerprint Resistance

The 2016 version of the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate mechanical keyboard is nigh. The updated keyboard costs $109.99, and it differs from its predecessor in several, by and large fairly minimal, ways.

New Details

For one thing, Razer updated the indicator panel on the acme right of the keyboard then that it's set off past the same sort of shiny pane as the illuminated Razer logo does (below the spacebar). The chassis is a bit smaller than the earlier BlackWidow Ultimate, and Razer combined the mic/audio in jacks into one port.

One small new detail that will probable delight some users but not others is the new material for the top cover. Previous Razer keyboards had a soft-affect pinnacle, which looked great and felt polish nether your hands, but it was decumbent to displaying smudges and hand grease too prominently. The 2016 BlackWidow Ultimate has a more than textured finish, which should assist meliorate some of the grime display issues.

Razer also boasted of its new lighting support through the Razer Synapse software. Although Razer seems to exist calculation its Blush lighting to everything it tin these days, the BlackWidow Ultimate is light-green-lit all the manner. Each private key is backlit with Razer greenish lights, and the tray is finished in green, too.

You can set a number of dissimilar lighting furnishings through Synapse, though, including Moving ridge, Ripple, Reactive and Starlight, and you can create your own custom effects, besides. You lot tin can see the lighting in action below.

However, the virtually notable alter is that Razer has cutting off the five dedicated macro keys that used to run vertically on the left side of the keyboard. Razer told Tom's Hardware that this decision was made based on feedback from its community; apparently users didn't feel that they needed the actress keys, so off the keys went.

Specs And Features

Other than the to a higher place, the new BlackWidow Ultimate is substantially the same animal as before. It sports Razer Green switches, which have that Blue switch "clickiness," 50 thousand actuation strength and 60 meg-click rating.

The keyboard too features 10-key rollover with anti-ghosting, the ability to program the keys and record macros on the fly, a "gaming way" that deactivates the Windows primal, and a one,000 Hz ultrapolling charge per unit. The BlackWidow Ultimate also has a braided cable.

It has that lone audio jack and a USB passthrough, both of which are on the correct side of the keyboard. Because the USB plug of the mouse sticks out a flake from the side, the placement of the passthrough port hither effectively extends the width of the keyboard by an inch or so. (Otherwise, yous'd be banging the mouse into its own plug all the time.)

Quick Hands-On

We got a sample of the BlackWidow Ultimate delivered to our doorstep in just plenty fourth dimension for me to write this article with it. The new texture on the top does certainly seem to repel fingerprints and grease much better than the older, softer finish, although the "wait" of the textured top isn't as striking.

The terminate of the keys seems to be the aforementioned -- which is to say, they have a soft cease that feels wonderful nether your fingertips. They show fingerprints, too, although it'southward not as noticeable because of their size. Nevertheless, after simply a couple of hours of use, the spacebar is looking a footling greasy. (And my easily are clean, I swear.)

I like the decision to make the tray green, so even when the lighting is off, the keys are set off by the color. Other Razer keyboards accept a white backing, which is also sharp-looking, but the green is a nice alternative. Notwithstanding, comparing the lighting side-by-side, I could not discern a divergence between the BlackWidow Ultimate (green backing, green lights) and the BlackWidow Chroma (white backing, green lights).

Razer offers a 2-year express warranty with the BlackWidow Ultimate, which is bachelor now in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. It will be available in the APAC region and in Europe in Q4 of this year.

Seth Colaner is the News Manager at Tom'southward Hardware. Follow him on Twitter @SethColaner . Follow united states of america @tomshardware , on Facebook and on Google+ .