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Apple explains why the Mac Mini power button is hidden underneath

There are three reasons Apple opted to hide the Mac Mini M4 power button

Apple’s design team is revered for good reason, but sometimes the company leaves us all scratching our heads. In an interview with the Chinese site ithome, Apple Vice Presidents Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, and John Ternus, senior vice president of hardware engineering, were asked why they moved the power button to the bottom of the device. Though we’d have to try it ourselves, the VPs also said it’s easy to access the power button by tucking a finger underneath to press it.

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