I expect to eventually see a lot of storage as long term investment, especially gravity, flywheel, and molten salt due to cheap safety.

Desalination, aluminum recycling, ad infinitum. Anyone who says excess solar is an insurmountable problem is manipulating you.

Not in Canada last time I checked, but pretty sure they do in the States.

Yeah that was a lemon. New one seems good though.

As a repair tech I think the Mini is one of the most reliable computers made. A few models were underpowered if people bought low end versions, especially the 2014’s with 4GB memory and laptop hdds.

Also because if the cable plugged into the forward edge, leaving the cable in, like 20% of users would, will destroy the charge port before warranty is done.

Power button is already on a flex cable, could have put it anywhere really.

Move the mouse or touch the trackpad, or press any key on the keyboard and it wakes up quickly. BT OK.

Many macs that I work on haven’t been shut down for months, usually just rebooted after system updates.

Sleep on a mac mini is very low power: if you use the computer every day it’s less energy than booting up.

I repair macs and just hate the battery job on your model. It would be reasonable to have Apple do it. It’s expensive, but it’s a better quality battery than the third party stuff you get by DiY or going to an independent shop.

That said, it may be messy and time consuming, but you can buy the battery off of amazon and use iFixit to guide you, and save $150.

In a lot of cases, especially five years ago, this is correct. Lately, with Apple silicon processors, the low end machines are a good deal. You won’t find a NUC with similar low-power performance, capable of 4k video editing without fan noise or a hiccup, at anything close to the same price. It SMOKES the competition at the $600 price bracket.

But yeah, if money is an issue and you’re already invested in macOS software, buy a used M1 mini for $300 and you’re good, or if really broke, buy an off-lease business desktop for $125 and put linux Mint on it.

As everyone else says, battery replacement time.

The freemium and excellent little macOS utility Coconut Battery gives details that will confirm why you need a replacement.

Canada’s best fast food franchise item is A&W’s Beyond Burger. Had one today, my only occasional fast food treat.

(Note that A&W is a totally different company in Canada, quite progressive in some respects.)