Disastrous Placement of the M4 mini Power Button

I bought one of these.

You do have to be careful putting it together as the hard acrylic makes it a bit too easy to snap the legs holding the two horizontal plates together. I put a bit of superglue on each leg where they contact the plates to make sure they can't slide apart.

It has a nice notch in the back corner for easy access to the power button.

There are a couple dozen or so M4 mini stands on Amazon. Few of which are useful. Such as, yes, it raises the mini as any stand would do, but make it no easier to access the power button. Like this kind of pretty, but ultimately useless stand.

Or this one, which looks nice, but you gain nothing. You have to get your finger under that spring-loaded tab and pull up to push the power button. For one, it sticks and isn't easy to move. Two, it's no further off the table top than not using the stand at all. Making it no easier whatsoever to turn the mini on.

Some of the reviews on that stand (like virtually any product) praised it. But even if the lift wasn't sticky on the one I sent back, it didn't improve anything. There was no more space to put your finger under that lift than there is to just set the mini on your desk as is.

I thought you were tongue-in-cheek about this.

But I still think you should post your "Cure in 10 Seconds" video here.

Was this Cube the fore-runner of the mini?

Maybe. It wouldn't be the first time a company took a concept item that failed, and then later released a similar item that was a hit.

The Cube kind of killed itself, though. The acrylic tended to crack. It had almost no expandability in an era where that was the norm, and it was nuts expensive compared to other models with the same, or nearly the same specs. One year is all it lasted.

But that's still not bad compared to other dismal failures, like the Ford Edsel. People especially hated the "horse-collar" or "toilet seat" grille. Or my favorite quote, which you almost never see in articles on the Edsel, "It looks like an Oldsmobile sucking on a lemon."

Miserable quality (or lack thereof) and other issues did it in.

Some of us longtime members know you are pulling our legs ...

This would be a great thread to also post the video of your easy solution!

Can’t wait to see how many “Me Too” votes you get on this unmitigated disaster. 😂

This works great for me. No problems finding the Power button:

Easy to apply and again, works great.

Great video! And, of course, as an American, I'm a sucker for a British accent.