Revolution or design error? The new positioning of the Mac Mini M4’s power button divides users. Apple finally comes out of silence to justify this choice.
At Apple, the smallest details can spark heated discussions. The new Mac mini M4 is the perfect illustration of this, with its mysterious power button relocated under the chassis. Apple has finally come out of silence to explain this unexpected decision.
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An accepted technical constraint
The new Mac mini M4 represents a true tour de force in terms of miniaturization. With a volume reduced by half compared to its predecessor, choices had to be made.
John Ternus, vice president of hardware engineering at Apple, explains it bluntly: “ The drastic reduction in size forced us to completely rethink the layout of the components. Positioning the power button under the chassis was not an aesthetic choice, but a technical necessity« .
Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of marketing, sheds some interesting light: Mac users have a different relationship with their machine. “ The majority of our users almost never touch the power button“, he says. “ macOS is designed for continuous use, with optimized power management“. In short, restarts are rare thanks to more efficient memory management than under Windows.
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