Skinny iMac Now Comes With Built-In VESA Mount
My 27-inch iMac hangs on my wall, freeing up desk-space and terrifying me that it will fall off as I sleep and crush me in my bed. To get it up there I had to hit up Amazon and order the VESA wall mount, plus an adapter to replace the iMac’s huge foot with a VESA-compatible set of holes.
The result is very sturdy, and very neat. But there’s one problem: where the hell do I put that giant (and heavy) aluminum foot? If I were buying new iMac, I could just order a version without the stand, and instead equipped with a built-in VESA mount.
The build-to-order version will cost you an extra $40, but that $40 means you won’t have to find anywhere to stow the useless old leg. For individuals like you and me, this mightn’t be so great – we may want to revert to a desktop-bound machine in the future. But in organizations that need a bunch of wall-mounted iMacs all at once, it’s ideal.
It’s hard to see a downside to this. Well, apart from the obvious one: If I hung the new iMac on my bedroom wall, I’d have to worry about its slim edge coming down on my throat and beheading me during the night. Shiver.
- Source Apple
Charlie Sorrel sits in his gadget nerve-center in Barcelona, Spain, and spits out words about various weird plastic widgets while the sun shines outside his iCave. Previously found at Wired.com's Gadget Lab covering cameras, power cables and sneaking in as much Apple-centric coverage as he could, Charlie spends his rare moments outside perched atop a bicycle and snapping photos. You can follow him on Twitter via 
