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Introducing the new Apple Power Bottom.

Don't worry, there will be suitable USB accessories available for this.

Apple insider are already framing this as not a design flaw but an advantage somehow

Part of the new Apple power bottom design strategy.

Guess the Magic Mouse design team was getting bored

Optional $200 dock with satisfyingly clicky lever mechanism that is activated from the front.

Looking forward to see the 3D prints made to fix this "feature".

excellent marketing strategy to get us talking about their stuff that would otherwise get almost completely under our radar.

i mean fuck where the power button of a product ill probably never need is.

Yes, and if you complain to much they’ll put the power input on the bottom too next year.

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???

Just run it upside down.

At least it does mean your cat can never turn off your pc ever again with this

I can't wait for Apple to reveal a desk, with a keyboard built-in underneath the back side of it.

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.

Just be thankful they didn’t put the power cord there like they did with the mouse.

Wait, WHAT?

They put the powerbutton on the underside?

For fuck sake Apple...

Oh an Apple thread. More people angry at something they were never going to buy anyway.

I wonder how many people will just have the thing upside down?

design consistent with the Magic Mouse

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.

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.

They clearly want you to let this one running 24/7, or, can you turn it on using the keyboard and that low power BT thing?