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This is ridiclous

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[–] Thekingoflorda 86 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Yes, and if you complain to much they’ll put the power input on the bottom too next year.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

I wonder how many people will just have the thing upside down?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 hours ago

They wanted to put it inside the unit originally

[–] [email protected] 45 points 8 hours ago (27 children)

Wait, WHAT?

They put the powerbutton on the underside?

For fuck sake Apple...

[–] MeekerThanBeaker 56 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

"Our new Mac Mini is so powerful, so extraordinary, you'll never want to turn it off." -- Tim Apple, probably.

[–] Valmond 2 points 7 hours ago

Or they got inspired by the Ericsson Cobra telephone.

[–] LuuTuyen 13 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It's very bad idea to put power button under the bottom, Who think the designer should need to be fired here

[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 hours ago

Wouldn't surprise me if it was the same guy who put the charge port on the magic mouse on the bottom.

That at least has a logical excuse if dumb as hell, this has zero reason to be like this

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 hours ago

Please don't ever turn your computer off, it makes it really hard to spy on you. Thanks -Apple

[–] emax_gomax 3 points 4 hours ago

I really hope this is one of those tactile hit it from the top and it'll trigger from the bottom designs. But more likely they just never expect you to use it.

[–] CritFail 19 points 7 hours ago

I had to check of this was an Onion article...

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Why can't they put the power button on the front where it belongs. It's already stupid that they put it on the back, putting it on the bottom is downright idiotic. If they don't want to mess up the oh so important Apple aesthetic just make it an invisible touch button or something. Apple hates usability.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, make the logo a button or something.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 hours ago

For you to put your nasty fingerprints all over it?? I don't think so

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Desktop macs (not tower macs) has had the powerbutton on the back for decades, it's fine, bottom is shit though....

[–] accideath 15 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Back is already bullshit. We have a few trashcan mac pros at work and usually they’re just turned so all the cables stick out towards the user because then you can easily reach the power button. Which makes it look worse than just having a power button in an accessible place aka the front or the top in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

Yeah, I can see that, I was just trying to say that there Mac followed a standard

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[–] edwardbear 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I… uh… I know it’s going to be an unpopular opinion, but it makes sense. It’s not intended for daily usage - macs wake up on a keyboard or cursor movement. Sitting on the back increases the chance of accidental presses when you are trying to plug something in.

You have a very few specific incidents where you would need to press the power button. 80% of their user base will not use the power button after the first initial press.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Standby pointlessly draws power. I switch off all devices that don't run on battery for that reason. But I'm not exactly Apple's target audience anyway since I also consider the price before buying stuff.

[–] edwardbear 5 points 5 hours ago

They are doing the Nike mistake - they are targeting users that have already purchased a Mac. Data-driven decisions are great, but this would just result in alienating people who are not already customers, or chase people out who are unhappy with this decision, so their next purchase will not be a Mac.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

It looks like you can push the button without lifting the tiny computer.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That would depend heavily on how accessible the computer is and how fat your fingers are. And I can tell you, mine are pretty fat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

We need dimensions from raised bit to not raised bit dammit

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago

I also at first thought it's not that bad, because it looks like the main part of the computer is "hovering", because it stands on that round portion. But then I saw that the button is on the backside! Why? That way you have to reach around everything, making it impossible to fit the thing into some smaller space and still use it. If it was on the bottom but in the front you would still have your beloved button-less design but the button would still be pretty accessible.

[–] gibdos 7 points 8 hours ago

Well at least now you can actually see the damn black ports on the silver chassis. The M2 Mac Mini has the black ports on the black backside and it's such a pain in the ass trying to find the USB C ports when I have to connect something.

But yeah, putting the power button on the bottom is peak Apple stupidity.

[–] jordanlund 4 points 8 hours ago

On the bottom, in the back...

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