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Computer Peripherals

What are 75% Keyboards, and What Are Their Advantages & Disadvantage?

What Is 75% Keyboard Form Factor Take a 100% keyboard, remove the numpad buttons (Tenkey), and instead of having the navigational cluster to the right, add a column with a bunch of them to the right, and you get a 75% keyboard. The keys column usually contain the Page Up & Page Down & some …

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Staggered VS Ortholinear keyboard, what are the differences?

Let’s Learn The Difference Between Staggered & Ortholinear Keyboard Layouts While reading about keyboards, you probably stumbled upon the terms staggered & ortholinear keyboards. These are two layout with different methods of aligning the keys. Staggered keyboard layout is the common layout we use every day. It has the keys diagonally aligned. If you looked …

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What are 60% Keyboards (65%)? And what are their advantages & disadvantages

What Is 60% Keyboard Form Factor? To put it simply, 60% keyboards is a keyboard form factor that ditches the numpad, the F-keys row, as well as the navigation cluster (page up, page down, delete… etc). That results in a very compact form factor while still having all the main keys used for typing, which …

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40% Keyboards Form Factor, What are they? And why would you use one?

What Is 40% Keyboard Form Factor? To put it simply, the 40% keyboard form factor are keyboards with much fewer keys than the 100% keyboards. A good way to understand that is to see both form factors in action, like this:- As you may have noticed, 40% keyboards don’t have F-keys, numbers keys or numpad, …

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Do you need an Expensive motherboard for gaming?

Can You Go By With A Cheap Motherboard For Gaming, Or Will You Benefit From Getting An Expensive Motherboard? So, you may be planning on building a PC for gaming, but you may be wondering whether you should be getting an expensive motherboard. That’s understandable, as you wouldn’t want to get a significant performance hit …

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What is the meaning of the different USB port colors? (blue, teal blue, yellow, red, black)

Why USB Ports Have Different Colors? And What They Mean? Anyone who uses a computer nowadays have some sort of USB ports, be it the older USB-A ports, or the newer USB-C port. You may have noticed that these port come in different colors, like black, blue, teal blue, yellow, red and other colors. In …

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Why motherboards & laptops still come with USB 2.0 ports When USB 3.0 Is Backward Compatible?

If USB 3 Is That Much Better, Why Some Motherboards Still Have USB 2.0 Ports? Despite the fact USB 3.0 came out in 2010, many motherboards still come equipped with at least few of the older USB 2.0 ports. You may be wondering why won’t they include the superior USB 3.0 port instead. There are …

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USB 2.0 VS USB 3.0 Comparison:- What are the differences between the two ports?

The Two Ports May Look Similar, But They Have Many Technical Differences Have you ever wondered what are the differences between USB 2.0 & USB 3.0? Or whether your computer have the later? The two ports may look similar, but there are many technical differences between them, which can be quite useful to know in …

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What are the advantages & disadvantages of using a Trackball? And why you should use one

Trackballs Are Wonderful Mice, And One Of My Favorite Pointing Devices Trackballs are a convenient way to use your computer, especially if you have serious troubles using a regular mouse. People with medical issues like carpal tunnel syndromes or tennis elbow will appreciate that. This kind of mice save a lot of desk space. As …

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