The low end model has a crappy i5, and the high end only gets you an i7, and the video resolutions are barely adequate for displays half (or a quarter) their size. You can get a 4k monitor (aka a TV) for a tenth the price, and better computers for half the price. The software better kick some royal ass or these things are going to find their way to the dumpster damn quick.

First, it's not 2.2GHz (that's the maximum turbo frequency), it's rated speed is less than 1GHz (0.9GHz, according to TFA). The MacBooks use 1.1GHz and 1.2GHz Broadwell processors (turbo boost to 2.4GHz and 2.6GHz). The Skylake processors are probably both faster and lower power.

Second, it's actually a pretty nice machine (assuming that you can stand Windows): anybody complaining about the new MacBook with only a single USB C port should be pretty happy with this machine, which comes with a full complement of ports. And the price is certainly pretty good (even the high resolution model is about half the price of the new MacBook).

Third, the black finish looks really nice: I wish Apple would make nice black kit like that again.

I wonder if you can get OS X running on this somehow.

The evidence is the observed orbital properties of distant Kuiper belt objects. The computer model is just used to validate possible explanations. This is almost exactly how Neptune and Uranus were discovered: by observing their effects on the orbits of the then-known planets.

The summary says "online sales" which means that we are probably NOT talking about "shipped" rather than "sold" numbers. However, these are numbers for October, which is all before the new iPads shipped (including the iPad Pro) so we are probably seeing some depression of iPad sales that will catch up in the November numbers (or not: if MS can maintain these sales numbers in November and December, then this would be quite interesting).

>> The problem is that this is never done.

> The reason is that many Software Director positions are now filled with technically clueless people

Now?

The cost of components (not to mention the retail price) is so high that assembly labor is almost in the noise, just like any other big ticket item. They may even be saving money on the deal, if you factor in shipping costs (which isn't true of the Mac Pro).

Except that this substrate is not being used for Si based semiconductors, but for GaAs instead. Also, using the wood-based substrate means that you can use 99% less of the semiconductor material (GaAs which is rarer than Si, and also poisonous). This will make specific classes of electronic devices (specifically radio and microwave frequency devices) much cheaper, and much less hazardous to dispose of, which is a big win.

that Apple would never release a flagship product that didn't rely exclusively on proprietary technology! Just look at the new MacBook, and it's utter dependence on proprietary chargers ... oh, wait ...

and listened to the samples. All I can say ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz.

First, there's no way that this is both safe and effective: if it really does deliver enough current to your brain to make any difference, then it's not likely that these folks have done the kind of trials that would be needed to prove that it's safe. If, however, it doesn't deliver any current to your brain (which is pretty likely, since it's hard to get a signal through the skull) then it may be trivially safe, but it can't deliver any of the claimed benefits. Or, maybe they will try to take the same route as herbal supplements, and make no actual claims while selling you (hopefully) an inert product (but this isn't an herbal product, and won't be able to claim coverage under herbal supplement regulations, which means that both the CPSC and the FDA will probably want to get involved).

The "first hand account" of the effects of the device can't be taken seriously: the author knows that the device is supposed to make them feel good, so we should expect the placebo effect to make them think that they feel better, more alert, whatever. The author is entirely too credulous in any case; this is nothing more than press release journalism, and Thynk is nothing more than silicon snake oil.