Don't worry, there will be suitable USB accessories available for this.
Only $299!
"that's insane!"
gets wallet out
"I can't believe this!"
gets out card
"unbelievable!"
I'm not going to get a mac anytime soon, but at least it would stop my cat from powering down everything spontaneously
When Think Different turns into differently stupid.
Stupid Differently. Apple’s new slogan.
So many people referring to using the button to turn the computer off, but more than 95% of the time, you use the OS to turn a computer off. It’s only when there’s a malfunction you would need to turn it off with a hardware button.
This button is primarily for turning the computer on.
Sure but you still need to turn it on though?
design consistent with the Magic Mouse
I wonder how many people will just have the thing upside down?
users will put something under the buuton, so pushing down the whole PC becomes the power button
Part of the new Apple power bottom design strategy.
Yes, and if you complain to much they’ll put the power input on the bottom too next year.
They wanted to put it inside the unit originally
I had to check of this was an Onion article...
Please don't ever turn your computer off, it makes it really hard to spy on you. Thanks -Apple
Wait, WHAT?
They put the powerbutton on the underside?
For fuck sake Apple...
"Our new Mac Mini is so powerful, so extraordinary, you'll never want to turn it off." -- Tim Apple, probably.
Or they got inspired by the Ericsson Cobra telephone.
It's very bad idea to put power button under the bottom, Who think the designer should need to be fired here
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
Uh how often are you having to power on your Mac mini? I think mines been off like twice last year.
Having the power switch away from where I often blindly poke around to plug cables in, sounds like a good choice.
This is peak nerd rage over something nobody is going to actually care about.
Seeth and bitch over minor design choices while apple prints money.
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.
Yeah, make the logo a button or something.
For you to put your nasty fingerprints all over it?? I don't think so
- Apple, probably
Desktop macs (not tower macs) has had the powerbutton on the back for decades, it's fine, bottom is shit though....
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.
You realize how ironic your suggestion is right ?
invisible touch button [...] hates usability.
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.
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.
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.
It looks like you can push the button without lifting the tiny computer.
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.
We need dimensions from raised bit to not raised bit dammit
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.
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.
On the bottom, in the back...
