mikethemartian

danox said:

So cancel your warranty and your resale value on a $4000 Studio Mac Ultra to get a few extra terabytes from a company that may or may not be around to stand by their work, there is a very good reason why Apple computers have a higher resale value (genuine parts) used and one of those reasons is that you don’t have to worry about various chop shops working on the computer.

kiltedgreen said:

I have an iMac. The power button is big and on the back, easily reachable with my left hand. The only time I have used it in the last few years is after we’ve had a power cut to start the iMac! As there’s a restart after power failure option (I think) I could even avoid that incredibly onerous task if I wanted, but as our power cuts tend to come in bursts I prefer to leave that feature off.

This entire utter non-issue boggles my mind that people can get so worked up by something utterly irrelevant. Good on Apple, for making a surprising but very sensible design choice.

hmlongco said:

DAalseth said:

Apple's 2024 Mac mini stashes the power button underneath, a bold stupid move that executives say aligns with user habits

access the button by tucking a finger underneath to press it as long as you’re a six year old child. Otherwise you have to pick the unit up. 

They are trying to put a shine on a turd. This was a stupid design choice that goes against best practices and will waste electricity. So much for Apple trying to act like they keep the environment in focus.

I'd almost be willing to bet that turning the thing off and then doing a full-power reboot off the OS and running applications uses more power than simply leaving the thing on overnight in low power mode. And prevents it from downloading photos, software updates, mail, and other things it needs to do periodically when not busy.