“You never use it”: Apple responds to Mac mini button controversy

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A few days ago, Apple multiplied the announcements of new products, among which was its most compact computer to date day, the Mac mini M4. But one detail has caused a lot of talk among Internet users: the location of its start button. Greg Joswiak and John Ternus, vice-presidents at the Apple brand, have justified this choice.

A button that no one uses, according to executives

This button is located on the bottom of the device. To turn on the Mac mini M4, users must therefore lift it. A detail that has not escaped many detractors, who have compared this design to the location of the charging port on the Magic Mouse. The latter is located on the bottom of the mouse, which prevents it from being used if it is charging.

According to Greg Joswiak and John Ternus, the new specificity of the Mac mini is not a problem at all. They believe that the button is almost never used. ” You almost never use the power button on your Mac ,” they explained in an interview with Chinese media outlet ITHome. ” I don't even remember the last time I turned on a Mac ,” one of them even said.

Joswiak and Ternus, respectively vice president of global marketing and hardware engineering, even believe that the bottom of the Mac mini is “ the perfect place ” to place the power button, due to the size of the device.

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“ We’ve made it so much smaller, haven’t we ? It’s half the size of the previous generation. So we had to put the power button in the most appropriate place because it's so small. It's convenient to press. You just slide your finger inside and press the button ,” he continued.

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A condensed version of technology

The Mac mini is Apple's first desktop computer equipped with the M4 Pro chip, which integrates up to 14 CPU cores and 20 GPU cores. The RAM can go up to 64 GB and the storage up to 8 TB. Enough to make it a formidable machine in an ultra-compact format.

< p>« Combined with the performance of the M4 chip and the new M4 Pro, improved connectivity on both the front and back, and the arrival of Apple Intelligence, “The Mac mini is more capable and versatile than ever, and there's nothing else like it ,” said John Ternus.

If you want to get an idea of ​​what the Mac mini M4 has to offer, don’t hesitate to check out our dedicated review.

• Apple executives Greg Joswiak and John Ternus justified the choice to position the Mac mini M4’s power button on the bottom of the device.
• According to them, users almost never use it.
• The small size of the device also explains this decision, they explained.

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