Apple explains its button design

The Mac mini button has a reason: Apple explains it

New Mac mini 2024 more compact and powerful than ever thanks to changes to the internal design and M4 and M4 Pro processors. However, one of the details that is discussed the most is power button locationwhich was placed at the bottom of the Mac, which has been heavily criticized.

Everything Apple does is for a reason; The company never embroiders without thread, and the same thing happened with the button layout of the new Mac mini. Do you want to know why it was placed here? Apple recently explained this so we can clear our doubts.

Apple buttons on the new Mac mini explained

This was in an interview for the site. Bilibilipublished by ITHome environment, where Apple’s Vice President of Marketing Greg Joswiakand Vice President of Hardware, John Ternusanswered the main question: Why did Apple place the button here on the new Mac mini?

“Well, we shrunk it down so much, didn’t we? It is equivalent to half the size of the previous generation. So we needed to place the power button in the best place because it’s so small. It’s easy to press. Just insert your finger there and press the button. In fact, the most important thing is that you almost never use the power button on your Mac. I don’t even remember the last time I turned on my Mac.”

The decision made to obtain the current Mac mini 2024 designwhich is the smallest in history. It’s true that you have to lift the Mac mini a little to access the power button, but as Ternus (possible future CEO of Apple) points out, This is a button that is rarely used..

While there are people who turn off their equipment daily, the location chosen may not be entirely practical, but with this decision the company makes it clear that You don’t have to turn off your MacEspecially if it’s a desktop computer like the new Mac mini.

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