14 DAY TRIAL // Apple’s new MacBook Pro Touch Bar might be an innovative feature that comes in handy to many buyers, but as far as the Board of Law Examiners in several American states are concerned, this is nothing but a pretty efficient way to cheat during bar exams.
The Board of Examiners of the State of North Carolina published an announcement on its website to inform that applicants need to disable the Touch Bar during tests, and although the organization does not mention cheating specifically, it’s very clear that this is the main concern.
The Touch Bar can be configured to provide word suggestions, and examiners are trying to make sure that MacBook Pros aren’t being used for anything else than conducting the test.
“Please be advised that the Announcing Proctor will make an announcement at the start of the exam session asking anyone who is using a Mac Book Pro with Touch Bar to raise their hand so that a proctor or ExamSoft technician can come to their seat and ensure that the Touch Bar has been disabled,” State of North Carolina announced today.
Carolina banning the MacBook Pro entirely
Applicants are also provided with instructions on how to disable the Touch Bar on their MacBook Pros, and IT engineers that will attend the exams will try to make sure that everyone with the new device has already turned off this feature.
As AppleInsider reports, North Carolina is not the only state that decided to ban the Touch Bar for bar exams. Additionally, Colorado is also forbidding prospective lawyers from using this feature on their devices during tests.
California is going even one step further and does not allow applicants to attend the exams with the new MacBook Pro featuring a Touch Bar, explaining that it “contains certain embedded features that makes it problematic for use.”
Apple is yet to issue a comment on this, but it’s pretty clear that the company didn’t see this coming, and without a doubt, neither did buyers.