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On a side note, for anyone planning to buy a monitor please spend the extra bucks to get one with adjustable height, tilt and rotation if possible. And if you've missed that boat then grab yourself a monitor stand and a Vesa mount/adapter from Humancentric [0].

[0] https://www.humancentric.com/collections/vesa-adapters

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I'm amazed that people actually like these imac like displays. No rotation, fixed height and the stand takes a ton of space.

A mounted VESA arm is such a nicer experience

> A mounted VESA arm is such a nicer experience

I previously had many negative associations with VESA-mounted monitors, and I think other people have as well, due to poor-quality mounting arms. I've used VESA-mounts where monitors bounced every time someone walked by; that's a serious issue.

When I started working from home full-time, I set up a high-quality VESA-mount system using a pole mount and a professional monitor arm; the service I purchased it from actually looked up the monitor specs to figure out the level of support the arm required. The resulting setup is rock-solid and always stays exactly where I place/tilt it.

So I do think VESA-mounting can provide a great experience, but the difference between cheap and high-quality can make or break the resulting experience.

It rotates. The stand just rotates with it. I'm not just being cheeky, it's actually pretty easy to move around. The stand is so thin and flat that I liked having it be a place where I slide in my keyboard when I want some desk space.

My main workstation is currently a PC with monitor on an arm, but honestly, I found the iMac to be a cleaner setup. Literally the only display-related issue would be height adjustment, but that wasn't a problem for me.

I specifically ordered the VESA iMac model because of both the limitations of height, etc, and the space on your desk that is freed up by using a mounting arm.

I use 2x27" 4K LG's (good panels for the money, ~£350 each) on a cheap (but honestly awesome for the money) dual vesa arm that is incredibly comfortable, having them up off the desk gives me more space on what isn't a huge desk (WFH) I couldn't go back to use regular stands, having the monitors essentially float in mid-air is ideal for me.

Any recommendations for the Vesa arm specifically? Looking to get one

I have both of these -- both purchased at the same time via Amazon, needed two mounts and figured I'd use the "better" one in the primary location:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07K9MQTB1/ and https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07T3KCQ94/

They're both extremely similar; you really can't go wrong for <$25. I actually have 3 of the cheap one now, only 1 (the initial order) of the more expensive one. They're functionally identical for my usage; and it's a huge ergonomics win no matter what.

Also, if you have a desktop mic, buy a microphone arm for it; is similarly fantastic price-vs-value proposition (though monitor arm is massively more useful upgrade just due to how much you use it).

I’ve used amazon basics single arm wall mounts for the last 3 years, and dual arm deskmount for the last 2 years. They are pretty good quality, I’ve had no reason to look to replace them with another brand.

edit: apparently I have the premium version. Not sure they used to be called premium. The spring mechanism counterweight makes adjustments to my 27 and 24 inch monitors seemless.

I have this one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FLEXIMOUNTS-F6D-Dual-monitor-moun...

It’s great and handles the two screens fine, can lock it off by tightening up the Allen headed bolts once you have it just so.

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