I bought this a few weeks back as my first mechanical keyboard at $ 95 , and I absolutely love it . The only con so far has been that you need to install Logitech ' s software to change the LED pattern . It defaults to a left to right wave across the keys . Typing on it has felt wonderful , and it ' s pretty quiet . Slightly louder than my old crappy membrane keyboard . <| sep |> Funny how things work out some times . Thank you for your response . I ' ve spent the last few days allowing myself to have a cry to Christmas music I ' m such a sap and then picking up self up and going about the day . I ' m thankful my childhood friend who is currently in Peru on a 4 year missionary trip is there for me even 3 k miles away . She is so wonderfully helpful right now and she is pretty thrilled I ' m beginning to ask questions . She teaches kids so she definitely has the patience for silly questions and seems happy to help me sort it out without being pushy .