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This is ridiclous

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 34 minutes ago (1 children)

How is this newsworthy... smh

[–] [email protected] 1 points 25 minutes ago

For shitty reasons. You have to sniff a lot of your own farts to think putting it there is a good idea. Its like they don't think their crap crashes. I just had to to a net install on two this week in our lab.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 minutes ago

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?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Introducing the new Apple Power Bottom.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 minutes ago

No, seems to be real.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 27 minutes ago

Yeah, must be The Onion or smth

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

It's a bit of a bummer given the power of the machine it would be otherwise good in IT environments. The small size would allow a rack or stack of them. This one ~~feature~~ design choice makes that not possible. It's on purpose.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

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...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Or 3D print a stand to keep it sideways.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 hours ago

Or not buy it

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 hours ago

Computer so tiny cat knocks it off the desk instead

[–] vaultdweller013 2 points 7 hours ago

I just stuck a Belgium post WW2 MP helmet on mine, pretty effective at keeping my power button safe. Just like how judging frok the dent it kept some Belgian from getting their head caved in by a beer bottle.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 25 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

it opens up a whole new surface for things. Soon there will be a dozen USB C ports on the bottom and you'll need to buy special apple right angle cables to access them that they charge $30 per 1m cable.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The have active electronics in them so that if any non-apple right angle connectors are used it limits them to usb 1.0 speeds and 5v 0.5A power delivery. It's for your safety.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

It’s for your safety.

That new surface is very risky, and if you don't use the right connector it might catch the whole mini on fire!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Trust us. We're THE design company!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Yeah.. I used to sell Apple gear.

When Apple announced the Mighty mouse 20 years ago, everyone was super excited. There wasn't much info, and we were almost wondering if it was a touch sensitive button on it.

What we got though was a mouse which gave you RSI any time you clicked the right button.

Now, I have a Mac Studio. Every PC has the power button on the top or front. This guy? Nah, lets put it on the back! And the M2 is a professional machine, so lets ship with 8GB ram only.. And MAKE IT SHARED VIDEO MEMORY!

And lets stick an ARM chip with no raytracing on it, because thats what people crave

[–] [email protected] 8 points 12 hours ago

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

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