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It’s not like you ever use the button, anyway.

The new Mac Mini’s power button had to go on the bottom because of the Mini’s size, explained Apple’s John Ternus and Greg Joswiak in an ITHome interview.

“You pretty much never use the power button on your Mac,” said one of the execs, according to English text from the article. Touché, but for those who do use it, there are options.

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