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		Dylan16807 on Aug 25, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows 8 productivity: Who moved my cheese? Oh, t... Was that an actual 'closes circuit when depressed' button or was it a switch? Either way, flipping a power switch unexpectedly is bad. Lots of video game consoles had power switches. You shouldn't flip the power switch on a modern computer either. But giving the power button a press is safe in every single device I own or am aware of.

yuhong on Aug 25, 2012 [–]

I think ATX changed from a switch to a button, and ACPI added OS support for intercepting it.

Maakuth on Aug 25, 2012 | [–]

Before ACPI there was APM that allowed catching it as well.

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