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Why did they put the SD card slot on the back?

• masklinn 16y ago
  Because it'd look like crap on the front, probably. The back is already crappy black plastic. Also, the logic board is probably around there so that avoids having to route some kind of cable from front to back in a cramped enclosure.
• evandavid 16y ago
  That was my first "wtf" reaction. Although they don't show it in the photos, the back of a mac mini isn't exactly a fun place to have to poke around all the time. Cables etc. Especially because (at least in older models) the cables tended to get loose after a year or so and could be easily knocked out. I wouldn't want to be reaching around there to pop the card in/out. It also limits the places you can mount the computer relative to where you're using it from. Seems stupid. They should've left it out. However, I guess it provides a good utility for doing occasional tech support (boot from SD etc).
  • mikecane 16y ago
    How often would you slide a disc into it? Thus, just have the back facing front if you intend to access that part more. You'll need the back more too, it seems, since that's where On/Off is too.
    • evandavid 16y ago
      Fair comments, but I'm still not liking it... I've had my existing Mac Mini for about 6 years and I don't really ever turn it off (it now mainly serves media). I would leave the back facing the front, but then I might as well buy a Dell. I love Apple's visual and industrial design, but sometimes the focus on aesthetics impacts the user experience, which I think is more important (and generally something they completely nail). Example: the USB ports on my macbook are too close together to support most flash drives sitting next to any other USB peripheral. I think that this will prove to be another example.
• proee 16y ago
  This is where aesthetics fails over functionality in a big way.