Disastrous Placement of the M4 mini Power Button

The M4 mini was introduced 14 months ago and from the very beginning it was obvious that Apple had committed the most heinous act in the development and design of computers.

They had positioned the power button not only beneath the machine but also at the back.

What were they thinking?

Imagine all those poor users spending a lifetime enduring unnecessary toil and stress resulting in countless slipped discs and hernias.

I was losing the will to live.

After 9 months of experiencing such torments myself, I was driven in my anger to make a film outlining the problems Apple has created.

APPLE TAKE NOTE! (Even though there may be no Apple reps on these forums)

Watch the video. Disastrous M4 mini Power Button Placement

Mac mini, macOS 26.2

Posted on Feb 3, 2026 5:36 AM

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Kurt Lang

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Posted on Feb 3, 2026 8:20 AM

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.

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