Power button placement:
It is NOT a mistake. It DOES serve the user by reducing the
likelihood that a child or child-like adult will "experiment" with
the power switch.
The manufacturer of a device as expensive and complicated as a
computer has a right to expect the purchaser to RTFM (Read The
Foreshortened Manual) that is supplied with the device.
Once armed with the knowledge of where the power switch is located,
it is very easy to use it.
At 8:53 AM -0500 5/9/07, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Instead, I think it shows the fallacy of giving designers too much input
at the expense of human factors experts. These Macs have hard to see
power buttons in locations that do not face the user. Maybe this looks
cool, but it does not serve the user. Pre-OS X Apple rarely made mistakes
like this.
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