It didn’t work for me, so I checked and I didn’t have it turned on, doh. So yes it does work great. Don’t know what to tell you, you either don’t have it set up, or there is a hardware issue. Because it is awesome
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I see benefits to both Face ID and touch, but if I had to choose, on the Mac, touch makes more sense. I'm noticing the lack of it on the mini 6, but we wake up a Mac by touching the keyboard, so reaching for the touch ID button is more seamless.
Where do you see that? I know you can do 4K 120Hz, but I thought 5K was limited to 60 Hz with TB4.
I am an auto hobbyist and like to read journals speacializing in cars. One day, i was reading through an article where the journalist went for a race track day with Porsche officials by invite.
So he tested thoroughly new 911 and made conclusions, that the refresh is really minor for the owners of previous gen 911. But the differences are substantially changing the car: you might notice it or not. Also he found imperfections, that could have been addressed with this new refresh but didn't.
When he asked the main engineer of Porsche 911, as to "why this wasn't implemented when it is so obvious to include?", engineer replied: "Well, we are not dumb people working out there. We know all the nuances and upgrades that needs to be done. Sometimes it is the case that techology is not ready to fulfill our dreams to come true in the car. But mostly, we have planned upgrade cycles and implementations for 20 years ahead. We know how the ideal 911 should look like and be. But if we present you today or next year that ideal 911 with all of our plans for 20 years, then everybody will buy that ideal 911. After that, who would we sell our new refreshed 911s if people already got the best previously?" Journalist concluded that it is reasonable and people should be aware if they want to be upgrading on every cycle.
So he tested thoroughly new 911 and made conclusions, that the refresh is really minor for the owners of previous gen 911. But the differences are substantially changing the car: you might notice it or not. Also he found imperfections, that could have been addressed with this new refresh but didn't.
When he asked the main engineer of Porsche 911, as to "why this wasn't implemented when it is so obvious to include?", engineer replied: "Well, we are not dumb people working out there. We know all the nuances and upgrades that needs to be done. Sometimes it is the case that techology is not ready to fulfill our dreams to come true in the car. But mostly, we have planned upgrade cycles and implementations for 20 years ahead. We know how the ideal 911 should look like and be. But if we present you today or next year that ideal 911 with all of our plans for 20 years, then everybody will buy that ideal 911. After that, who would we sell our new refreshed 911s if people already got the best previously?" Journalist concluded that it is reasonable and people should be aware if they want to be upgrading on every cycle.
OP is just spec-hunting. "wifi 6e"!!! What's the actual advantage though? Wifi 6 has 10gig throughput, theoretically and your Mac supports it. Anyone here have 10gig/s internet service? Bueller? So what does 6e bring? All of this:
In fact, WiFi 6E is identical to WiFi 6 with an addition of “E”, which stands for “Extended” — as in an extended number of the usable wireless band, the 6 GHz band. So simply put, WiFi 6E means WiFi 6 extended to the 6 GHz band. ... Unlike the crowded 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, the wide-open 6 GHz spectrum is occupied only by efficient WiFi 6 connections, removing frustrations currently caused by overcrowding on many WiFi networks. Channels on the newly opened 6 GHz band also wouldn’t overlap with each other, greatly reducing network congestion.
www.tp-link.com
So, if you have a lot of interference, yeah it would be nice. But if not... there's no there there.
In fact, WiFi 6E is identical to WiFi 6 with an addition of “E”, which stands for “Extended” — as in an extended number of the usable wireless band, the 6 GHz band. So simply put, WiFi 6E means WiFi 6 extended to the 6 GHz band. ... Unlike the crowded 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, the wide-open 6 GHz spectrum is occupied only by efficient WiFi 6 connections, removing frustrations currently caused by overcrowding on many WiFi networks. Channels on the newly opened 6 GHz band also wouldn’t overlap with each other, greatly reducing network congestion.
What’s the difference between WiFi 6 and WiFi 6E | TP-Link
Going by the terminology, WiFi 6E appears to be an incremental update to WiFi 6, but you are probably left wondering how WiFi 6 and WiFi 6E differ from each other.
So, if you have a lot of interference, yeah it would be nice. But if not... there's no there there.
How do you sleep at night? This is terrible and catastrophic. Wow this is worst as people starving and sleeping on the streets. Wait no HDMI 2.1? This is earth shattering. And no 5.1 Bluetooth. That’s it.
That was the first thing I tried, (turning it on). It could be a hardware issue on the watch, but everything else works well.
- iPad Pro has no notch but it has thick bezel. The notch is a trade off if you want slim bezel while maintaining acceptable webcam.
- It has been prove that current Face ID module is thinker than the lid of current MacBook Pro. Re-engineering is require. They probably won’t make the lid thicker since the chassis already thick as it is. The lid has to be light than the bottom body to make the weight balanced.
- Face ID would provide almost the same experience as Touch ID since you have to press or click something to trigger authentication anyway when making changes to the device, or buying something with Apple Pay. It will only benefit when unlock the device when authentication start automatically.
- I don’t know about HDMI 2.1 but Thunderbolts 4 ports should do the job fine.
- Wifi 6e and Bluetooth 5.1 are probably them holding stuff back.
All discussed thoroughly back in October and since, over and over, but some like to rehash things, over and over. Especially some with zero interest in the real answers.
I’d personally be ok with a Lid bump just as I’m ok with a Notch or the camera bump on the iPhone.
By my calculations it is roughly 1.03x more convenient than Touch ID. When I’m using a laptop, my hands are already on it. When I’m using an external monitor+keyboard, my laptop is probably not positioned right for Face ID anyway.
And even then, apple’s solution is to just sell me a keyboard for TouchID.
The current gen Face ID does not fit the current MBP 2021. The presence of a notch in the MBP is preparation to fit the next Gen Face ID components in the screen. There is a spacious room around the 1080p webcam. It was a wise decision to add the notch, not only because of manufacturing/engineering, because the customers would freak the f*ck out if they suddenly add one in the near future. It is probably making it’s debute in 2023.
That being said, when i saw the new iMac’s power adapter with built-in Ethernet i was excited. Too bad the MBP 2021 didn’t have a built-in Ethernet in their powerbricks.
That being said, when i saw the new iMac’s power adapter with built-in Ethernet i was excited. Too bad the MBP 2021 didn’t have a built-in Ethernet in their powerbricks.
I think that’s a good point since so many people use their notebooks docked to an external monitor anyway and a fingerprint scanner or Apple Watch just make more sense to unlock the computer with.
Just simply buy a windows laptop that has all that then hackintosh it. Why complain about things that you can easily find alternatives.
I'm guessing for the same reasons they want it on iPhones and iPads ??♂️ Why would you NOT want it? Remember, it's not only for logging in but also anything else your password is required for.
This is simply incorrect. If this were an issue, it would be an issue on iPhones and iPads as well, right? And it's not, right? That's because you have to click a confirm button BEFORE Face ID activates. So you can scratch this off - it's a non-issue.
Two things: 1. If you have an Apple Watch, it's a non-issue. 2. You don't have to use Face ID just because it's there. You can always type in your password instead.
Touch ID is also used for purchases online. If I accidentally press Apple Pay on checkout, I still need to press Touch ID to confirm. With Face ID it would just go through with the payment. Apple could add a click to confirm when ready button on checkout but that kinda goes against the smoothness of Face ID.
Also Touch ID allows for fast user switching if you have more than one user on a computer.
I personally don't care either way. But Face ID would just seem redundant on any type of Macbook.
Instead of a 4th thunderbolt port that could be used for anything, Apple caved to the dongle whiners and gave you a internal hub with a substandard HDMI port (2.1 requires the full interface) and a buggy SD card reader instead.
As I've said, Apple watch unlock hasn't worked for me. Maybe it's because I'm using a V5 Apple watch, not a 6.
These days, the only device I have face-id activated is on my iPhone. My android phone uses TouchID. My full sized iPads I don't even lock. My iPad mini, I use TouchID. My MBA has TouchID. And my Intel Mini, I only log in one time, no autolock. (they're all physically secure)
I'm not really complaining in this thread about FaceID, just saying I prefer TouchID as it seems to work better for me. That said, when I first used TouchID years ago, it never worked well, but things get better with new hardware all the time. FaceID may get to that level, who knows.