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This is ridiclous

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Why can't they put the power button on the front where it belongs. It's already stupid that they put it on the back, putting it on the bottom is downright idiotic. If they don't want to mess up the oh so important Apple aesthetic just make it an invisible touch button or something. Apple hates usability.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah, make the logo a button or something.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For you to put your nasty fingerprints all over it?? I don't think so

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Every person I have ever met that uses an iMac for the first time naturally assumes that the Apple icon is the power button. Fact that it isn't the power button is utterly idiotic

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Then people would complain there's no sign of a power button.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Desktop macs (not tower macs) has had the powerbutton on the back for decades, it's fine, bottom is shit though....

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Back is already bullshit. We have a few trashcan mac pros at work and usually they’re just turned so all the cables stick out towards the user because then you can easily reach the power button. Which makes it look worse than just having a power button in an accessible place aka the front or the top in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I can see that, I was just trying to say that there Mac followed a standard

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago

You realize how ironic your suggestion is right ?

invisible touch button [...] hates usability.