Re: In the past decade, has Apple released ANY high-technology product before others did?

On 2025-03-20 19:49, Your Name wrote:

On 2025-03-20 13:18:36 +0000, Bud Frede said:
 

Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> writes:
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On 2025-02-25, Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> wrote:

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I don't really like the size of the M4 Minis nor the location of the
power switch.

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Meh. I rarely need to press the power switch, and it's easy enough to
reach. Not a deal breaker at all.

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I turn off my computers when I'm not using them.

 Me too.
 

The way I have my computers arranged, it would be difficult to reach a
power button on the bottom of the Mini.

 There is a hub device you can buy which sits underneath the new Mac Mini and has a notch cutout to make accessing the Mac Mini's powerbutton easier. That is an extra expesnse, but given the sheer lack of ports on Apple devices these days, many users will probably need a hub of some sort.
  

(Too bad power buttons on the keyboard don't seem to be a thing anymore.)

 Yep. That was very useful for powering up my old PowerMac G3.
  

I know it's nit-picking, but I just prefer the older, larger Mini case
format over the new, small one. :-)

 There was no real reason or need for Apple to make is smaller.
 Although the new model has a smaller footprint, it is taller, so that means it would not fit under my screen like the old one does. At best I would either have to raise the screen or put a new Mac Mini on its side between the screen and the printer ... that would make accessing the ridiculously placed power button easier.
 There is the bonus of the two ports on the front of the new model, just a pity neither is USB-A for easily plugging in a USB stick.
 Thankfully I don't need to upgrade anyway since this old Mac Mini still works perfectly well.
 

An idling M4 Mini will draw 4 watts.
That's 8,766 kilowatt-hours a YEAR.
Check your local utility and see what that works out to be per day.
For me, that works out to less that 14¢ per day.
And that's not even SLEEPING!
When sleeping, the only reference I found suggests it uses 0.50W at 110V.
So divide by a factor of EIGHT.