ZOWIE Celeritas Review

👤by David Mitchelson Comments 📅20-01-11
Packaging & First Look

The Zowie Celeritas is packaged within a large greyscale box with typography on all 6 sides. On the front we have a circular window that allows for a snapshot of what's inside. On the rear we have further details such as the features.


Celeritas packaging is simple but effective


Opening the box up we have a very little in terms of bundled extras. The keyboard itself has a plastic shell covering the keyset for added protection whilst in transit. The bundled extras include a Zowie transfer sticker and a PS2-to-USB adapter.


The Celeritas bundle


Below we have our first look at the Celeritas. Taking an overview of the keyset you will notice that it follows the same layout as a typical keyboard. There are no macro keys. The only differing visual appearance from the traditional keyboard is the multimedia functionality across the 'F' buttons, in particular the F9-F12 feature what Zowie term RTR technology. This basically allows the user 4 levels of repeat-response - normal, 2x, 4x and 8x. This feature is only available if you are using the PS2 adapter. This feature will probably remain redundant due to the fact that most gamers use USB rather than PS2 which although is still present on some motherboards, is being phased out. Especially with the movement of UEFI BIOS this year.

Additional to the repeat response keys is the ability to disable the windows key and swap it to a ctrl key. This will prevent gamers from knocking this key by accident and interfering with the game they are playing. The Zowie logo illuminates red as the default colour-scheme but when this windows key is set as 'ctrl' the Zowie logo will switch to blue - an indicator to let you know which mode you are using.


The layout remains fairly standard


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