tiredskills

AppleZulu said:

MplsP said:

foregoneconclusion said:

tiredskills said:

foregoneconclusion said:

The reason the charging port is on the bottom is due to the original removable battery option. The charging port is in the same location as the latch for the removable battery cover. That allowed Apple to save $$ by keeping the industrial design almost identical between the two different versions. 

That's ok then.  I'm perfectly happy to accept suboptimal design if it contributes to Apple's bottom line.

It would have been suboptimal design without the fast charging capability. But since it could charge for the work day in five minutes, keeping the internal design arrangement almost identical to the removable battery version makes more sense than spending time/money on giving the end user five minutes of tethered work time. 

Ah, the same old, tired “it’s not THAT much of an inconvenience” excuse. The people making it are almost as tired as the excuse is. 

The picture in the article shows just how ridiculous the design is. I was again reminded of the absurdity when I got an alert that the battery on my Magic Keyboard was low. I simply plugged it in and kept working. I suppose what I should have done is turned it upside down and gone to do something else which I must have needed to do anyway while it charged?

The current design keeps people from leaving it plugged in and using it as a wired mouse. Is aesthetics a reason? Maybe.

The real reason is that this is Apple, and they would inevitably have to defend themselves against a class action lawsuit if they designed it the way you want it, because leaving it plugged in would result in wear and damage to the cable and port from repetitive (mis)use as a wired mouse. It wouldn't matter if they plastered warnings all over the place not to use it while it's plugged in. The lawsuit would claim that it was clearly designed so that you could use it while plugged in, knowing that the eventual damage from an intentionally faulty design would result in sales of more replacement cables and mice.

Put the port on the bottom, and while there's lots of truly absurdist bellyaching about it, there are no class action lawsuits. It's a wireless mouse. It's insanely easy to charge it so you can use it wirelessly.

alandail said:

Xed said:

alandail said:

tazbaz0077 said:

If Apple sidles up to the facist Trump then goodbye Apple

people who say that don't know what the word even means.

Is Trump vying to be an authoritarian? Is MAGA a nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization? Check and check. Sounds like you know what fascism is.

No, and no. 

foregoneconclusion said:

tiredskills said:

foregoneconclusion said:

The reason the charging port is on the bottom is due to the original removable battery option. The charging port is in the same location as the latch for the removable battery cover. That allowed Apple to save $$ by keeping the industrial design almost identical between the two different versions. 

That's ok then.  I'm perfectly happy to accept suboptimal design if it contributes to Apple's bottom line.

It would have been suboptimal design without the fast charging capability. But since it could charge for the work day in five minutes, keeping the internal design arrangement almost identical to the removable battery version makes more sense than spending time/money on giving the end user five minutes of tethered work time. 

foregoneconclusion said:

The reason the charging port is on the bottom is due to the original removable battery option. The charging port is in the same location as the latch for the removable battery cover. That allowed Apple to save $$ by keeping the industrial design almost identical between the two different versions.