Dell just disclosed that it will (finally!) offer customers a choice of Intel or AMD microprocessors. While we focus on innovation - and heating up competition in the microprocessor space always makes for plenty of that - it’s worth pausing a moment to think of the complexity this transition introduces for Dell and its OEM partners. New mainboards will need to be designed, new bills-of-materials will need to be negotiated and priced, and additional boxes will need to be build. That’s no small task for Dell-sized volumes! (More at El Reg.)

-jimmy