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Apple’s first Mac mini redesign in 14 years looks like a big aluminum Apple TV (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

But once its on why would you ever turn it off? /s

[–] ilega_dh@feddit.nl 9 points 3 weeks ago

This but non-sarcastically. I have a Mac mini and I don’t think I’ve ever touched the power button (except after plugging in of course, but then you’re already fiddling)

[–] darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 weeks ago

I bought my iMac in March 2020... since then it's been powered down maybe half a dozen times (a couple of those were power cuts) and rebooted (outside of macOS updates) maybe ten times.

It just sits there reliably doing its thing and sucks little juice in power saving so 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We used to have racks of these things for automated testing …. And eventually they stop responding, so someone needs to power cycle them. In the computer room. In a rack

[–] tibi@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

I seriously don't understand why Apple won't make server macs, with proper server features like IPMI, rack mounting support, virtualization. As a software developer, macs are horrible to work with.

Beyond the nightmare that is code signing and certificates (required even for debug builds), the physical devices are special snowflakes. Getting them to play nicely in a CI/CD system is really difficult. They often freeze or misbehave requiring physical access to fix. Also, if you want to target older OS X or iOS versions, you need to use an older version of XCode (that Apple makes really difficult to find) and an older version of MacOS.

There are many other use cases beyond software development, such as render farms, network storage, backup etc.

[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

Assuming the desktop takes the same power saving techniques from their laptops, there is no real reason to turn it off.