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Speaking generally to the reversal of changes this year, Boger told Stern that Apple is always "listening to its customers," which meant it ultimately needed to undo some of its previous Mac design decisions. Most notably, Apple has brought back additional ports such as HDMI and MagSafe, removed the Touch Bar, improved the displays, and more. The new MacBook Pros brought back many features enjoyed by Mac users that were taken away during the laptop's redesign in 2016. Recent MacBooks feature non-user upgradeable RAM, so the amount of RAM can't be upgraded down the line if a user finds they need extra memory than what shipped with the computer.īoth executives say that Apple silicon's "unified memory architecture" enables higher performance on Macs with Apple silicon, suggesting that similar performance levels would not be achievable without UMA. Ternus and Boger also addressed more specific questions about the newly launched 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros and Apple silicon in general. We haven't really felt a reason to change that," John Ternus, Apple's senior vice president of hardware engineering, told me. And the Mac is totally optimized for indirect input. "We make the world's best touch computer on an iPad. John Ternus, Apple's senior vice president of hardware engineering, seemingly agrees and said that it's not something Apple has felt the need to do. The notion has been that if Macs were to gain touch input, it would cannibalize iPad sales. Boger said Touch ID is more convenient on a laptop since your hands are already on the keyboard.Īnother hot topic of debate surrounding the Mac has been touchscreen capabilities. Still, Face ID on the Mac would presumably be even easier, as the Mac would unlock once a user looks at the display, similar to Face ID's behavior on the iPhone and iPad.Īnd Face ID? When I stare at the laptop's giant notch, I wonder why I can't unlock the machine with my face. Touch ID on the upper-right hand corner of the keyboard lets users easily authenticate by just placing their finger on the sensor. A report earlier in the year suggested it will happen in the future, but the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros with the notch, and the lack of Face ID, have brought the debate back to the mainstream.Īddressing why the Mac lacks Face ID, Tom Boger, Apple's vice president of iPad and Mac product marketing, told Stern that Touch ID is more convenient on the Mac since users' hands are already on the keyboard. Since Face ID's launch on the iPhone X, some have wondered if Apple will ever bring it to the Mac. One of the biggest criticisms of the Mac is the lack of Face ID. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal's Joanna Stern, a pair of Apple executives have addressed what is probably the most contentious and talked about features missing on the Mac - Face ID and touchscreen input.