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Apple added a power button on the bottom just like Magic Mouse
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This should not be a big deal to me as I don't even remember the last time I clicked the power button on my current mac mini
I think the more odd thing about it is that it is on the opposite side of the power cable.
I have to ask, are we sure this is true? Anything on the Internet should be considered false until you can prove it true. Was this information actually released by Apple? Could it be someone trolling or spreading misinformation?
Edit: Belay my last, I just went to the Apple Store online and saw that this is indeed true.
The "fan bulge" might be tall enough to allow one to reach under the lip to turn it on, so not having a power cord in the way would make that easier.
I say this as someone who turns my Studio off every night (as I did my all my iMacs before it), but the Mac mini probably uses more power when turned on and loading the OS and apps from a full off state then it would in sleep mode for eight hours.
This might be helpful for times where you need to plug something into the back only to find yourself accidentally putting your mac mini to sleep or turning it off. I've done this at least once on every mac mini model I've owned going all the way back to the original G4 mini.
Yeah, I’m guessing Apple is wanting people to turn off the machine via the Apple menu.
I wonder, with this push for Apple Intelligence, how long it will be before the power buttons disappear from all Apple devices altogether.
That’s a good question. It might be worth asking Apple if they actually thought that far ahead.Ok, but how do you turn it on?
If I’m not mistaken, you can turn a MacBook on simply by opening the lid.. which seems to indicate the system was never really “shutdown” in the first place. Something has to be running in order to know that the lid was opened. I wonder if you can turn the new Mac mini on by pressing a key or touching the mouse.
This makes sense to me, and I can understand why they did this. Whether I agree with it is a different question.
1. I don't remember ever having to force reset my M1 MacBook Air using the power button.
2. Touch ID is on the keyboard for the mini, so you don't need the power button for that either.
3. Putting the button on the bottom makes room for more ports with such a small chassis (so small, in fact, that a fourth Thunderbolt port is missing).
Almost the only time you'd need to use the button, then, would be to start it up manually if you shut it down manually. But I'd imagine that most users would just let it go to sleep and use the mouse, trackpad, and/or keyboard to wake it up.
Perhaps it would also boot automatically as soon as it is plugged in, just like an Apple TV, obviating the need for a power button to turn it on in that case.
So it seems like Apple's attitude is that the power button is there if you need it, hidden if you don't.
1. I don't remember ever having to force reset my M1 MacBook Air using the power button.
2. Touch ID is on the keyboard for the mini, so you don't need the power button for that either.
3. Putting the button on the bottom makes room for more ports with such a small chassis (so small, in fact, that a fourth Thunderbolt port is missing).
Almost the only time you'd need to use the button, then, would be to start it up manually if you shut it down manually. But I'd imagine that most users would just let it go to sleep and use the mouse, trackpad, and/or keyboard to wake it up.
Perhaps it would also boot automatically as soon as it is plugged in, just like an Apple TV, obviating the need for a power button to turn it on in that case.
So it seems like Apple's attitude is that the power button is there if you need it, hidden if you don't.
Ok, but how do you turn it on?
We're going back to the old days with the power key on the keyboard. (I wish)
Good question... lift it up, turn it over, press the switch? AND while we're at it with bonehead designs, what's with the line out audio being on the front?Ok, but how do you turn it on?
Is the aluminum shell on this new Mac mini the same dimensions as that of the Mac studio? Or similar enough that they can use the same first few steps of the machining processes on both computers? (Same size block of Aluminum for both machines?). I’m wondering if this design had to do with Apple trying to consolidate manufacturing methods.
So then the question becomes what is the power draw if it's sleeping? AND having an external thunderbolt drive (as is necessary for backup) does what in this always on/sleeping scenario?
This prompts me to ask how that fan on the bottom of the machine behaves. Does it pull cool air in from the outside? If so, is the top of the case meant to dissipate heat to the environment? If this is the case, then turning the machine upside down may negatively affect Machine cooling.Lay it upside down. Problem solved.
Disclaimer: if your post was meant to be sarcasm, then please forgive me for missing it.
You can see in the Mac mini video how easy it is to lift. It's literally 5 inches wide machine that weighs nothing. People looking for attention on the internets are just intellectually and physically too lazy to think from the point of view of the design team.
Amazing. People here complaining that they will have to tilt their Mac Mini up to press the power button maybe a few times a year.
The only times I've powered up my Mini is when I first bought it, and once after I unplugged everything so I could move my setup. Twice.
The only times I've powered up my Mini is when I first bought it, and once after I unplugged everything so I could move my setup. Twice.
It was, though only slightly.
But to answer your question, the machines does pull cool air from the front side of the round bottom vent and goes out the back side. Aluminum enclosure works as a heat dissipator in general, but I don't think running the Mini upside down would negatively affect the thermals under most workflows.
Unless you're really pushing the machine all the time you can practically lay it in any orientation.
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My iPhone turns on as soon as I start charging it.Ok, but how do you turn it on?
I mean there's no reason to be powering off your computer nowadays anyway its more like an iPhone now
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