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Jeremy Laird

L33t! Razer is bringing back the Boomslang, the original gaming mouse. Kinda...

Boomslang-20th-Anniversary-Edition.

20 years after the original launched as the world's first gaming mouse, at least according to its maker, Razer is back with a rebooted Boomslang. At a glance, the new mouse looks like much the same ambidextrous gaming rodent as the millennial classic. But, predictably, there's plenty of new technology on offer. Speaking of offerings, Razer is only offering 1,337—uh, huh—units of the Boomslang 20th Anniversary Edition. So, if you want one, well, you know what to do.

Putting the FOMO aside for a moment, the original Boomslang offered 2,000 DPI mechanical ball tracking (actually, the original-original Boomslang was 1,000 DPI and predates 2005, more on which in a moment) that was ground-breaking at the time. The new model ups that to fully 45,000 DPI, then throws in 8,000 Hz polling and optical switches with claimed 100 million click lifespan for good measure.

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