Sekuyiminyaka eminingana manje, abakhiqizi abahlukahlukene bekhethe ukuvikela ama-laptops abo ngokungeza inzwa yeminwe. Ngenkathi kuliqiniso lokho hhayi njengokunethezeka ukuyisebenzisa njenge-ID ye-Touch ye-iPhone, Wenza kahle umsebenzi wayo futhi usivumela ukuthi sinqande ukufinyelela kwi-PC yethu ngaphandle kweminwe yethu noma iphasiwedi, uma kufanele.
Ngesikhathi I-Apple ayizange nje ingeze inzwa yeminwe kumadivayisi ayo Futhi lokhu sekuvele cishe cishe kuwo wonke amadivayisi eselula anayo emakethe ngokususelwa ku-iOS, uma sifuna ukwazi ukuvula iMac yethu ngeminwe yethu kufanele sisebenzise amadivayisi avela eceleni.
Uma sikhathele ukufaka iphasiwedi yethu ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho sivula iMac, singasebenzisa izinhlelo zangaphandle ezixhunywe ne-iPhone ukuze kanye sesiseduze neMac lokhu kuvuliwe. Noma singasekela idivayisi entsha efuna uxhaso ku-Kickstarter ebizwa nge-iTouch ID.
iTouch ID iyidivayisi exhuma kwi-USB ye-Mac yethu (ibuye isebenze nakwi-PC) naku-nikuvumela ukuthi uvule ngokuzenzakalela iMac yakho ngokuswayipha umunwe wakho phezu kwenzwa. Le nzwa ayisivumeli nje kuphela ukuvula ukufinyelela kwi-Mac yethu kepha futhi isivumela ukuthi siyisebenzise njengohlelo lwe-1Password.
Lapho sizithola sisekhasini lokufinyelela kunoma iyiphi insizakalo ecela igama lomsebenzisi nephasiwedi yethu, kufanele nje ukuthi swayipha inzwa ukuze izinkambu zigcwaliswe ngokuzenzekelayo ngolwazi lwethu ukuthi ngaphambili sangena futhi samiswa kuhlelo lokusebenza ehambisana nale divayisi.
I-iTouchID izotholakala ngemibala ehlukahlukene futhi manje singakwazi sigcine iyunithi lethu ngamadola angama-99 aseMelika. Isamba semali esidingekayo ukwenza lo msebenzi yi-NZ $ 73.000 futhi njengamanje bakhulisa cishe ama- $ 43.000 lapho kusele izinsuku eziyi-18 ukuqeda iphrojekthi sesha ezezimali.