This is ridiclous

  • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    How often do you use the power button to turn on your computer? These days I might use it once a year, at most!

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      2 months ago

      Literally every single time I use it. I only need it to be on when I’m using it, and I don’t use it every day.

      • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        How often do you use it, if not every day? Once a week? Once a month?

        I use my laptop every day so it makes sense that I don’t use the power button even though it’s right there. I also have a raspberry pi set up to run Retropie that I only turn on once or twice a year when I have an old friend in from out of town. In that case I use the power button every single time but I don’t mind that it’s kind of finicky (I have to turn on several other devices with it as well as a power strip to power them all) because I don’t use it that often.

        I could see the new Mac Mini being a bit annoying with its bottom side power button if you’re using it every other day. But honestly I would be more annoyed at the boot time taking 30s than the 2s it takes to reach under the case and power it up. If I had one I would probably just get the keyboard with built in power button and finger print reader though. I use the finger print reader on my laptop all the time because it unlocks my password manager.