For 20 years the Mac Mini had the power button at the back, which is of course not ideal, especially if you want to have the device under your desk.

[82mhz@oldbytes.space]

For 20 years the Mac Mini had the power button at the back, which is of course not ideal, especially if you want to have the device under your desk.

But now they finally fixed this design flaw.

The new Mac Minis have the power button on the bottom.

Seriously, are people at Apple even using their own devices?

They make phones that cost upwards of 1000 Dollars, and yet they can't make them so they lie flat on a table. And now a computer with a power button on the bottom?

Apple stuck the Mac mini power button on the bottom

Don't expect to fit the new M4 Mac mini into too tight a space because you're going to have to tip it to reach underneath every time you need to switch it on.

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[rl_dane@fosstodon.org]

@82mhz

This was the best placement, ever.

[jnv@fosstodon.org]

@82mhz It's not ideal but I rarely turn mine off unless there's a storm coming with a chance of losing power.

[jnv@fosstodon.org]

@RL_Dane @82mhz Wonder why this never caught on to modern keyboards

[rl_dane@fosstodon.org]

@jnv @82mhz

IIRC, none of the USB macs had power on the keyboard (not counting laptops). It might be something that was specific to ADB.

They'd have to do something like have a power MCU connected to USB that looks for the power on keycode and then transfers the USB connection to the CPU or something.

I always thought power-on on the keyboard was pretty magical ^__^

[m2m@sonomu.club]

@RL_Dane @jnv @82mhz

The first iMac had a keyboard with a power button.

[jnv@fosstodon.org]

@m2m @RL_Dane @82mhz True, I forgot about my iMac G3 keyboard.

[rl_dane@fosstodon.org]

@m2m @jnv @82mhz

Oh wow! I wonder how it's wired up and coded, USB-wise.

Now I want to know what the *last* Apple (external) USB keyboard with a power button was.

[jnv@fosstodon.org]

@RL_Dane @m2m @82mhz I think it was this one.