Pros: Nice slim unit. Worked as advertised. Plug it in and away you go.

Cons: The cable is short. Really short. Like maybe twelve inches if that. I had to get an extension cable to run behind my desk to hook it up to one of my rear USB ports because I didn't want to take up one of my front ports. It only burns at 8 speed and reads at 8x because it runs on the USB 2.0 bus.

Other Thoughts: As long as you know what your getting this is a nice piece of kit. I decided to bail out on the traditional front mounted optical drive and I don't regret it for all the more I use an optical drive this unit makes sense. If I need an optical drive on another computer or ultra book I can use this drive if I have to. Its portable, its fast, and its inexpensive. You really can't go wrong.

Pros: This is actually a nicely designed keyboard. I have had Logitech keyboards in the past and I have found them to be nicely made and this one is no different. The LCD screen is nice and bright, the USB Audio pass-through worked fine for me, and a plethora of macro keys round out a nice gaming keyboard. The back lighting is also nicely done and the colors are fairly bright without being completely obnoxious.

Cons: It's large. Let me reiterate that because it bears emphasis: LARGE. If you have limited space then this keyboard will make you very sad and agitated - as it is huge and heavy.

Next lets talk about the quality of the keyboard. The keyboard has a very nice feel, the keys feel like a typical Logitech membrane based keyboard. Key action is smooth and quiet. The space bar on this keyboard though is janky. I'm not sure if its the product of a bad refurb or if it is the result of poor design. Personally I think that its a design issue. The space bar feels like there is a single membrane button under it and when you hit it at angle it does not always register or it double registers. The keyboard is huge and my hands are rather smallish for a man and I touch type. For gaming its passable, but if your a college student or do any sort of typing then this keyboard is going to make you lose your mind.

Finally there is the LCD display. Let's be honest about this: no one needs this display. The functionality is limited to games that support the LCD - which when I hooked up to Logitech's website they downloaded five game presets out of the 129 games that I own. That is not really a value add and after getting it setup I mostly left the LCD on the clock function.

Other Thoughts: I purchased this because I missed having backlit keys and an array of macro keys. I've been using a mechanical keyboard for a couple of years and it has no backlight feature and only about 5 macro keys.

As soon as I switched the keyboards I immediately missed the quality tactile feel of my mechanical keyboard (Cherry MX Browns). I used it for about two weeks and switched the keyboards back. I am going to keep this keyboard for another rig that I am building but my main gaming/productivity rig is going to stay mechanical.

There are better keyboards that you can purchase brand new on this website and most of those are from Logitech. Nobody needs the LCD and if you are going to spend fifty bucks or more you are better off spending twenty or thirty more and going in for mechanical keyboard.