Return of the Mac (2005)

Re:Return of the Mac (2005) by walterbell on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @06:01PM (#12850458)

Both Apple Pay scanner and Touch Bar display run on a separate ARM processor.

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Re:Return of the Mac (2005) by matt-attack on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @06:05PM (#12850488)

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.

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Re:Return of the Mac (2005) by serge2k on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @06:08PM (#12850521)

Does it do that? I would have hoped password on boot, fingerprint when bringing back from sleep or locked screen.

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Re:Return of the Mac (2005) by nicky0 on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @02:04AM (#12852635)

And a password can't?

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Re:Return of the Mac (2005) by matt-attack on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @05:01PM (#12859230)

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.

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Re:Return of the Mac (2005) by mcphage on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @06:03PM (#12850473)

Sure, but even if they ditch the bar I don't see them ditching Apple Pay.

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Re:Return of the Mac (2005) by walterbell on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @06:06PM (#12850506)

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.

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Re:Return of the Mac (2005) by mcphage on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @08:32PM (#12851376)

They could just display the recipient on the screen, like they do currently without the Touch Bar.

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