

The Omnipoint switches used are of the linear flavour, which means there is little to no noise generated during ordinary use, and there's hardly any "bump" registered when a key bottoms out. Sadly, Linux users aren't catered for, but since configurations are stored on the internal memory, you could always use someone else's machine.

This makes it far less fiddly, and the management package – the SteelSeries Engine – is available for both Windows and macOS. The SteelSeries Apex Pro is different, using its same Omnipoint switches across the board, with customisation delivered by software.

You could use Red switches for the WASD keys, while using Blues everywhere else, getting the best of both worlds, albeit at the expense of consistency. Last month, we reviewed the Vissles V84 keyboard, which came with hot-swappable switches.
