If this ins’t the definition of innovative ideas coming out of MIT, I’m not sure what is. This would have been very cool to have had in my pocket when learning newtonian physics!

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