Apple Says There’s a Simple Reason for the Mac Mini’s Odd Power Button Location

TheM4 - powered Mac miniis an incredible political machine overall . It ’s an low-cost small powerhouse , but as much as we love it , one thing about the redesign still has us fray our head : Why , oh why is the power clitoris place on the undersurface ?

Apple VPs Greg Jozwiak and John Ternus explained in aninterviewto a Formosan content creator on Billibilli ( spotted and car - transform byITHome ) that the main cause the power button is on the bottom of the 2024 Mac Mini is because of the electronic computer ’s size of it . Since it was nearly half the size of the premature generation , the underside was “ kind of the optimal stop ” for a power push button . They also say most user “ never use the power push ” on a Mac , anyway .

Apple is n’t unseasonable here . The Mac mini measures 5 x 5 x 2 inch , compare to 7.75 x 7.75 x 1.4 in from the last contemporaries ; it takes up much less space on your desk , which is great . The trade - off is that you bleed out of space for some important thing , like a power button .

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The superpower button is site on the bottom rear - go away corner of the Mac miniskirt . So if it ’s sitting on your desk and you need to power it on , you have to hit around the back of the unit and slightly lift it . Since the Mac miniskirt weighs just around 1.5 lbs , this is not a big deal for most people — it ’s more of a favourite peeve than anything else . The important things , like the Thunderbolt 5 and HDMI ports , are out where they should be .

Apple severalise Gizmodo something similar during a ware briefing hebdomad ago : It found that most people put their Mac products to kip when they ’re not using them . Still , that did n’t stop DIYers from find their own originative solutions to meliorate theMac mini ’s awkward power buttonbefore pre - order went live .

I get it . I care to power off my devices once I ’m done using them , and I ’d argue that the most optimum office for a button would be in a shoes that ’s a destiny more accessible . But what do I know ? Until then , I guess I ’m joining the piles of Mac mini users who will just velcro thedarn affair under my desk .

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