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[-] flemtone@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

Would rather buy a Beelink SER7.

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Looks like that power button wasn't placed by a circus clown and it has an option for USB PD, yeah this is more like it.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 36 points 23 hours ago

Implying Mac Minis haven't looked like Apple TVs from the beginning?

Mac Mini (2005-2009):

Apple TV (1^st^ gen, 2007):

Mac Mini (2010, first redesign after Apple TV came out):

[-] kyle@lemm.ee 3 points 11 hours ago

Exactly my same thought, it's just a smaller Mac Mini.

[-] Yes_Man@lemmy.world 128 points 1 day ago

Mac Mini's are cool, and I appreciate that Apple has some of the most experienced and talented designers in the world... But they put the power switch on the bottom. You have to lift it up and turn it over to turn it on and off.

A Mac Mini underside, showing the power button placement.

[-] winkly@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Power Bottom

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I assume that the plinth lifts it high enough for your finger to comfortably fit under.

[-] powermaker450@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 hours ago

who let the magic mouse engineers loose

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

So how do you figure the designers are that good?

[-] hector@sh.itjust.works 7 points 16 hours ago
[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 11 hours ago

It looks to me like the center part is thicker than the edge so the corner might not be flat against the desk. But I'm completely sure if it's enough.

[-] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago

The previous model has it in the back, you can’t even feel it properly because it’s not recessed.

On the other hand the last time I turned off my M1 mini was when we moved. It’s 100% silent and takes less power than a lightbulb when it sleeps, so why would I bother powering it off.

[-] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 3 points 13 hours ago

Why would you run a lightbulb 24/7?

[-] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 hours ago

so you don't have to turn it on when you enter a room

[-] olympicyes@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

A prior model Mac Mini uses 7W at idle.

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[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago

So while it sleeps, it still wastes electricity on literally nothing. Gotcha

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 3 points 11 hours ago

So does anyone's desktop PC that they're too lazy to power off and I can guarantee those will waste even more.

[-] GhostlyPixel@lemmy.world 92 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Remember these are the same engineers who put the Magic Mouse charging port on the bottom, making the mouse unusable while you charge it

[-] million@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

People treat it like a mistake but not be able to use the mouse while it’s plugged in is the entire point of the design. Right or wrong the Apple designers thought a cord drag was a bad experience and designed to prevent it.

They probably looked at their target audience and realized there was a certain percentage of folks that would just leave the mouse on the cord 24/7 and wanted to prevent that.

[-] LANIK2000@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I don't understand what was wrong with the original version that just took 2 AA batteries. Reaching for the AA charger and swapping cells not awkward enough or something?

Smart and elegant design would be hiding a battery charger in the iMac it self (maybe even use something smaller than AA), not expect you to flip and plug in your mouse every time ya leave it. The Nintendo Switch, while a completely different form factor, is a great example of an elegant (you could even say "wireless") charging solution.

I'm getting really sick of the Apple esthetic of sticking out wires, be it the mouse or the dozen dongles for every portable device they now make. Uh! Can't forget the world's only pen that needs charging, for seemingly no reason.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

IT here. They were terrible.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

They can fit a bigger rechargeable battery in the same space as a battery bay for replaceable batteries. Plus it eliminates the waste of throwing away batteries, and has longer battery life than similarly sized alkalines.

[-] LANIK2000@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Honestly don't feel like a slight reduction on a month long battery life is of much concern. As for waste, I'd say being able to replace a dead battery should reduce waste if anything, also nobody said it must be a AA (on a side note, you seem to imply the use of non-rechargeable AA, which holy shit, if they're still a thing, must be purged, sweet jesus...who's dumb enough to waste money on em???). Personally, I'd much prefer having a second battery charging separately somewhere, ready to swap, as opposed to being forced to stop using my computer. Or like the Nintendo Switch I mentioned before, have some spot I can put it away for charing, that way the mouse is also cleaned up and not fucking dangling and wobbling around freely on the table.

[-] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 22 hours ago

They also know their target audience has plenty of people who gobble up every bad design decision and even defend it online years later.

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[-] ftbd@feddit.org 5 points 20 hours ago

With the 10G NIC upgrade, I would see some use in this if it ran Linux

[-] ABluManOnLemmy@feddit.nl 2 points 4 hours ago

It can possibly run Asahi Linux in the future. I had the same idea

[-] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago

You can get cheaper options with 10G nics in the same form factor

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 45 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well, it would be

  • more confusing if they shaped it like an iPhone,
  • more unstable if they shaped it like the magic mouse with the power port at the bottom,
  • super cute if they kept the exact mac pro tower design but super smol,
  • actually useful as a vase of they used that cylinder mac pro design from 10 years ago
[-] ilega_dh@feddit.nl 25 points 1 day ago

That cilinder Mac Pro was a fever dream but I still love the design

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