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Comment on M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location
barsquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Apparently there is a button on the keyboard, so you get to buy an Apple keyboard (I guess that is bundled?) and don’t get to use your own keyboard with it.
lnxtx@feddit.nl 6 months ago
Celestus@lemm.ee 6 months ago
You can use your own keyboard with it
Belgdore@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Sure, but my keyboard doesn’t have a power button.
Valmond@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Oh, I had one of theses keyboards!
Pushing the snooze button insta crashed the PC.
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 6 months ago
How often do you use the power button to turn on your computer? These days I might use it once a year, at most!
Belgdore@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Literally every single time I use it. I only need it to be on when I’m using it, and I don’t use it every day.
Celestus@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I think the special button on the keyboard is a fingerprint/lock button. Not sure if the computer supports powering on by pressing any key like the MacBooks, but it certainly will wake from sleep with any key. I don’t think you’re supposed to fully power it down as part of regular use, so they can get by with a less accessible power button
barsquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Why am I buying a machine that small if I need to make space for two separate keyboards? I can just buy a different thing instead.
Celestus@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Sounds like you should buy a different thing. I bought one, though. None of this keyboard stuff matters to me, since I won’t even be using a keyboard with it
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Like a Windows key?
T156@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Doesn’t look like it, or at least, they’ve not included one before (you just got a power cord), so it’s doubtful they would start including one now. Either that, or they’re about to release a power-button/TouchID dongle specifically to use as a separate power switch.