Re:Return of the Mac (2005)
by mcphage on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @05:59PM
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The Apple Pay fingerprint scanner is attached to the (still physical) power button, so it really doesn't have anything to do with the Touch Bar.
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Re:Return of the Mac (2005)
by walterbell on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @06:01PM
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Both Apple Pay scanner and Touch Bar display run on a separate ARM processor.
Re:Return of the Mac (2005)
by matt-attack on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @06:05PM
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Which must explain why they're only available as a pair. I would have been tempted to buy the non-Touch Bar 13", but it lacks Touch ID which seems really nice. Though I'm not sure I'd want to trust FileVault (i.e. full disk encryption) to a fingerprint, since a fingerprint it can be coerced.
Does it do that? I would have hoped password on boot, fingerprint when bringing back from sleep or locked screen.
And a password can't?
Re:Return of the Mac (2005)
by matt-attack on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @05:01PM
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Not as easily. Police can simply grab your hand and stick it on the sensor in 10 sec, and there's nothing you could do about it. A password on the other hand, would require either serious torture to be effective.
Sure, but even if they ditch the bar I don't see them ditching Apple Pay.
Re:Return of the Mac (2005)
by walterbell on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @06:06PM
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They would need at least a portion of the bar to display the Apple Pay recipient. I guess they could make the bar screen smaller and restore function keys.