There are three reasons Apple opted to hide the Mac Mini M4 power button
  • 🤔 Apple has shared why the power button on the Mac Mini M4 is hidden
  • 🤏 It’s mainly because of the Mac Mini’s compact size
  • 🤷‍♂️ But also because users apparently never use the power button on a Mac
  • 👉 Apple also says the button can be accessed easily, even though it’s underneath
  • bjorney@lemmy.ca
    29·
    3 days ago

    To be fair it’s power consumption is effectively zero at standby and only 4-5W at idle/light usage.

    If you were worried about this amount of power usage you would be better off unplugging your microwave when not in use to avoid running the clock display

    • garretble@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      3 days ago

      Yeah, the power draw argument really is the worst one of the bunch. Hell, I don’t shut down my gaming pc for the same reason, I’m not worried about my computer’s power draw while asleep.