MacBooks without Face ID and touchscreen: Apple gives a clear statement

The new MacBook Pro has to get along with a Notch, but without Face ID, and there is no touchscreen like the Windows competition. Why actually? The manufacturer is now commenting on these exciting questions, but whether the answers are entirely satisfactory?

We were all amazed at the presentation of the new MacBook Pros – Apple actually installed a notch. But Apple’s face recognition The laptop does not receive Face ID. This feature is reserved for the iPhone and iPad Pro only. The manufacturer now answers in a new interview why this is the case and why Apple has simply “forgotten” the necessary sensors (source: The Wall Street Journal).

That’s why MacBooks have to do without Face ID

The answer comes from Tom Boger, Apple’s vice president for Mac and iPad. According to him is Touch ID (fingerprint sensor) is simply much more suitable for a notebook for an almost banal reason:

“Touch ID is more practical on a laptop because you already have your hands on the keyboard.”

Who would have thought this? Apple explains the abstinence from Face ID so the bottom line is the existence of Touch ID and only because the hands don’t have anything better to do than slide over the sensor. Aha!

Perfectly happy? The new MacBook Pro has many new and old features to offer – in the video:

And why is there actually no touchscreen as we know it from other mobile computers? Apple stands for a clear distinction between the product lines. John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware development, sums it up:

“We’re building the best touch computer in the world with an iPad. It is completely optimized for it. And the Mac is completely optimized for indirect input. We don’t see any real reason to change that. “

Apple explains why users are not allowed to upgrade the RAM

In addition, those responsible for Apple make other exciting information. For example, the manufacturer currently has no plans for a waterproof MacBook, the demand for such a feature is simply too low. And why can the main memory no longer be upgraded by the customer? Apple’s answer: The “Unified memory architecture” (in the original “unified memory architecture”) is one of the reasons for the improved performance. Just because Apple soldered or integrated the RAM directly, the MacBook is so extremely fast. Is this true? Quite possibly, we just have to believe Apple, whether we like it or not.