My life is ruined, my poor fingers have permanently cramped beyond recognition and my head is spinning with the effort of reaching the button. I must return, but how when I can barely move thanks to this accursed button!Ok those of you who picked the last option
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5 days since the M4 Mac Mini launched. How has the power button impacted your life?
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Bought the mini m4 on Friday, printed a button thingy on Saturday, saw my design sold on Etsy on Sunday and the Reddit video went viral on Monday. Bad thing is, I only turn the mini on to serve movies for Infuse on the Apple TV incidentally. That’s why.
Pressed it once to turn on the mac, haven't found a critical use case for it yet, I guess I'm used to the touchID button to put the mac in and out of lock
How often do y'all power off your other Macs? I have a MacBook Pro and I never power it off, but I'll restart it from time to time or when there's updates.
Yeah it being so light the bigger issue now is with the two ports on the front. You have to hold the Mac mini down in order to plug anything in.
Can't plug anything in without holding it down and also can't turn it on without lifting it up.
A+ level trolling from Apple.
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If I know I'm not using it for a week, (like I'm on vacation) then I'll shutdown the Air. The Linux box and server get shut down if I'm not using them tomorrow.
No option for zero?
Not an issue, no worse than having to open my MBP to power it on, and then close it when the lid is closed and I use it in clamshell mode when docked at home.
I haven't done more than a reboot with M4 Pro Mini since I got it. It is now on 24/7, but prior I did let it sleep before I moved services off of my 2011 Mini that had (IMHO) an equally bad location at the back.
Not an issue, no worse than having to open my MBP to power it on, and then close it when the lid is closed and I use it in clamshell mode when docked at home.
I haven't done more than a reboot with M4 Pro Mini since I got it. It is now on 24/7, but prior I did let it sleep before I moved services off of my 2011 Mini that had (IMHO) an equally bad location at the back.
I didn't vote, but my dad uses my 5k iMac now, and he switches it off every night when he is done with it (and thus switches it back on the following day when he wants to use it). I imagine it might be a bit annoying for him if I were to ever replace my current iMac with a Mac mini. Will probably look at propping it up on a small block or something so the power button is easier to access.
It's my bedroom computer. So meh. Doesn't bother me. Feels like the same effort as with previous mac mini power button at the back. I'm that guy that powers down all my stuff when I'm done using it.
I wanted to clarify that, despite the initial confusion, no, it cannot be turned on by just pressing a key of the keyboard like you do when a recent MacBook Air/Pro is shut down with the lid open.
However, you can actually leave it sleeping and wake it up with just a press on the keyboard. I’m hoping that Apple Silicon Macs are better at sleeping/waking up response and reliability, with lower risk of memory leaks or bugs when the Mac remains powered on during days or even weeks. We’ll see…
However, you can actually leave it sleeping and wake it up with just a press on the keyboard. I’m hoping that Apple Silicon Macs are better at sleeping/waking up response and reliability, with lower risk of memory leaks or bugs when the Mac remains powered on during days or even weeks. We’ll see…
Don’t be too short-sighted. There are several machines with power buttons that truly impact peoples lives. Consider an oxygen machine / respirator for people with COPD or having surgery etc, Dialysis machine, just to name two.
I agree with you, though, that the power button placement on the new mini is truly a non-issue and argued over more than it should be.
My wife has left me and my cat can no longer look me in the eye. My life is ruined and its all thanks to the horror of a power button I can't access without lifting up the mac mini 1cm. I hope Apple are happy.
Maybe the button on the bottom will prevent people's cats from turning the Mini on and off several times a day for kicks! 😀
Still, even if it has little or no impact, it is a ridiculous design decision, one that says something about Apple's current design ethos…
To take this in another direction, though, did any of the Jobs-era failures sink to this level of goofiness?
Still, even if it has little or no impact, it is a ridiculous design decision, one that says something about Apple's current design ethos…
To take this in another direction, though, did any of the Jobs-era failures sink to this level of goofiness?
This exactly will be my use case, always sleep and occasional (once a month in my case) restart. So no power button will get pressed.
No big deal, it turns on great, if it doesn’t turn on, I will get another one. Has no impact on my life.