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Asus ROG Strix GL753VD Usability – Touchpad
The touchpad on Asus’ little gaming beast is nothing to write home about but does the job fairly well. It offers a large, smooth surface that the finger can glide along without resistance, but at the same time without feeling slippery.
The lower segment of the pad is divided into left and right ‘buttons’ by a small red line, and both give positive feedback. While the pad is very responsive to single-finger input, though, multi-touch gestures are not always successful.
Asus ROG Strix GL753VD Usability – Keyboard
As already mentioned, one of the highlights of this whole gaming laptop is definitely its keyboard, thanks to that rather swank RGB backlighting. Light does not come through the keys as clearly as on some rivals, but it still spills rather attractively out of the sides and makes typing in the dark a real feast.
It’s also very easy to set up, thanks to Asus’ ROG Aura Core app. Here you can decide the colour of the backlighting (any colour you like), split the keyboard into four colour zones which can each have their own tint, and even add timing effects such as “breath” (which pulses the backlighting in a slow, medium or fast tempo). In a nice touch, the sides of the WASD keys are transparent, giving them that bit of extra illumination compared to their brethren.
As you would expect given the ROG Strix GL753VD’s price point, the keyboard is not mechanical; rather it’s a membrane-based chiclet affair. Key-spacing is generally good; however, we did occasionally hit the up-cursor key instead of right shift, as it doesn’t extend all the way under the Enter key – which itself is a tad on the narrow side.
While it’s nice that Asus includes a full number pad, given the space the chassis provides and ample borders to the keyboard’s sides, we wish they could have expanded it just a little to avoid any cramped layout elements.
Key feedback is on the good side of adequate with a decent amount of spring and travel. Keys are also relatively quiet, a bonus for fellow commuters on the plane or train. Last but not least it’s great to find that there’s no flex in the keyboard area while typing, giving you a consistent experience.
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