M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location

Don't worry, there will be suitable USB accessories available for this.

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.

okay, I was gonna say that it’s not that big of a deal because you can just slightly lift it when you want to turn it on (or just slide your finder under it, if they’re small enough) but judging by that photo, it seems like the power button is at the back of the computer? whyyyy??

anyways, im more impressed by the fact that their new shiny mouse who finally uses USB-C still has the charging port at the bottom. im starting to think they think it’s a good design???

Guess the Magic Mouse design team was getting bored

After seeing the mouse with ports on the bottom. I'm convinced that there's a disgruntled designer on their team and this is a cry for help.

Apple insider are already framing this as not a design flaw but an advantage somehow

design consistent with the Magic Mouse

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.

I can't wait for Apple to reveal a desk, with a keyboard built-in underneath the back side of it.

Introducing the new Apple Power Bottom.

As someone who has to use heavy/taped-on little toys to cover the power buttons on my PCs or else my cat invariably opens a shutdown dialog in the middle of something… Thank you.

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.

Oh an Apple thread. More people angry at something they were never going to buy anyway.

Just be thankful they didn’t put the power cord there like they did with the mouse.

I'm not going to get a mac anytime soon, but at least it would stop my cat from powering down everything spontaneously

Apple is powered by the copium of their fanbase, so maybe the next model won't even need a power cable.

So they created more vertical space on the case, which would be a perfect spot for a power button - or even more ports… and then didn’t use it.

True to form, if I’m honest.

That aside, I love that they’re getting rid of the idiotic 8GB baseline spec.

I’m not really trying to come to Apple’s defense here as they don’t need it, but everyone reacting as though this is as bad as or worse than the mouse charging port seems to be ignoring the fact that most computers nowadays don’t need to be manually turned off or on with any level of frequency. People will push this button like once or twice a month I imagine. I don’t see why that’s the end of the world.

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

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

Looking forward to see the 3D prints made to fix this "feature".

Apparently there is a button on the keyboard, so you get to buy an Apple keyboard (I guess that is bundled?) and don't get to use your own keyboard with it.

At least it does mean your cat can never turn off your pc ever again with this

Optional $200 dock with satisfyingly clicky lever mechanism that is activated from the front.

What is the <--> port for? HTML? I thought that was port 80 or 443...

Just put it on its side.

Just run it upside down.

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.

This could be a nice little computer if it had good linux support

They wanted to put it inside the unit originally

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

Now you can slam the top of the machine to boot it up

Assuming you mount it on the back of something that would probably be a pretty good place.

I use a lot of mini Linux computers and mount them to the back of monitors. I could see this design being perfect for that except it's way more expensive lol

I guess you could flip it around and make the bottom the top 🙃

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.

They clearly want you to let this one running 24/7, or, can you turn it on using the keyboard and that low power BT thing?

This is fake right

At least they didn't put the fucking power port on the bottom.

Here we go again making mountains out of mole hills for Apple.

I am all for calling out Apple for their treatment of workers in ASIA, or their wealth, heck even the closed garden, but this… nah fam I don’t care where the button is.

This is more like a "power button" in that case lol

As long as your default mode is sleep it'd be ok. I touch my PCs power button only when it crashes so horribly that a forced shutdown is the only way out...

On the bottom, in the back...

How is this newsworthy... smh

Unless your computer has issues, can’t you just power off from within macOS?

Hahaha I thought this was the onion and the button was the big fugly thing that covers the whole bottom

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.

Unfortunately "punish them by not buying it" won't work for someone as big as them.