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This is ridiclous

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 5 days ago

As long as your default mode is sleep it'd be ok. I touch my PCs power button only when it crashes so horribly that a forced shutdown is the only way out...

[–] edwardbear@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I… uh… I know it’s going to be an unpopular opinion, but it makes sense. It’s not intended for daily usage - macs wake up on a keyboard or cursor movement. Sitting on the back increases the chance of accidental presses when you are trying to plug something in.

You have a very few specific incidents where you would need to press the power button. 80% of their user base will not use the power button after the first initial press.

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[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Assuming you mount it on the back of something that would probably be a pretty good place.

I use a lot of mini Linux computers and mount them to the back of monitors. I could see this design being perfect for that except it's way more expensive lol

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[–] Blackout@fedia.io 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They wanted to put it inside the unit originally

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At least they didn't put the fucking power port on the bottom.

[–] qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 days ago (4 children)

To be fair, aren't those mini PCs meant for HTPCs/home servers? You're not really supposed to turn them off, and if you really want easy power button access you can just set it upside down. I'd say it's a good idea if you take into account that it's aimed at Apple customers who care more about "design" over usability. They truly "think different" over there.

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[–] xonigo@lemm.ee 9 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I guess you could flip it around and make the bottom the top 🙃

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