This is ridiclous

  • kibiz0r@midwest.social
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    1 hour ago

    As someone who has to use heavy/taped-on little toys to cover the power buttons on my PCs or else my cat invariably opens a shutdown dialog in the middle of something… Thank you.

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      27 minutes ago

      I don’t know how to windows, but in Linux I just disable the power button on my laptop. Long press still works, this was to avoid accidentally putting the laptop to sleep when accidentally pressing the power button

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    1 hour ago

    After seeing the mouse with ports on the bottom. I’m convinced that there’s a disgruntled designer on their team and this is a cry for help.

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    38 minutes 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.

  • Chloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    38 minutes ago

    okay, I was gonna say that it’s not that big of a deal because you can just slightly lift it when you want to turn it on (or just slide your finder under it, if they’re small enough) but judging by that photo, it seems like the power button is at the back of the computer? whyyyy??

    anyways, im more impressed by the fact that their new shiny mouse who finally uses USB-C still has the charging port at the bottom. im starting to think they think it’s a good design???

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      6 minutes ago

      I read someone else musing that they must have thought that keeping it plugged in all the time would be bad, so the made it impossible to use the mouse while plugged in. Seems plausible. I suppose it would degrade the battery? Or the cord drag would be bad?

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    2 hours ago

    So they created more vertical space on the case, which would be a perfect spot for a power button - or even more ports… and then didn’t use it.

    True to form, if I’m honest.

    That aside, I love that they’re getting rid of the idiotic 8GB baseline spec.

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    3 hours ago

    I’m not going to get a mac anytime soon, but at least it would stop my cat from powering down everything spontaneously

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    2 hours ago

    I guess you could flip it around and make the bottom the top 🙃

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    3 hours ago

    I really hope this is one of those tactile hit it from the top and it’ll trigger from the bottom designs. But more likely they just never expect you to use it.

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    5 hours ago

    So many people referring to using the button to turn the computer off, but more than 95% of the time, you use the OS to turn a computer off. It’s only when there’s a malfunction you would need to turn it off with a hardware button.

    This button is primarily for turning the computer on.

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        This button is primarily for turning the computer on.

        Sure but you still need to turn it on though?

        ?

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          1 hour ago

          I’m trying to say that it’s still a useful button to have in an accessible spot because, exactly as you said, it is still used to turn it on.

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      4 hours ago

      I assume there will be a power button on the keyboard or mouse. This is just sort of a backup.

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          I don’t, but apple does. This is why the touch ID is in the keyboard. To be fair it does come as a unit if you buy the mac new.

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      4 hours ago

      A short press of the power button shuts down almost any computer in existence, why would you use the OS?

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        4 hours ago

        It’s still the OS doing it, it’s just reacting to the power button press like any other input device.

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          Not if you hold the power button. Yeah if you single press a power button, the os can divert that, but long press, the SMC will cut power. Similarly how, pressing and holding the power and the volume down button on a phone, cuts power, even if the OS is hard frozen. Sometimes you just need an emergency exit.

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            Someone who isn’t a pedant would interpret “using the OS” as going through the start menu, or equivalent.