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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by fpoling on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @04:49PM (#25052455)
Even in Bootcamp Apple did not bother to expose all hardware to Windows . The touchpad is reported as a mouse with a scroll wheel, no option to enable hardware encryption or to use Touch ID to unlock.
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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by wil421 on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @08:38AM (#25058267)
Why would you expect Touch ID to work on a windows machine?

As far as I know it’s only available on Apple OSes.

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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by fpoling on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @09:43AM (#25058773)
Windows supports various bio-metric logins and provides rather generic API. Some manufacturers use that to provide login based on veins in a finger, not fingerprints. Apple could have implemented those API.
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