even if you've just recently bought the monitor of your dreams
one thing you may not have put a lot of thought into is your monitor stand and
who can blame you right it's just something that holds up the screen but then you set it up and you realize that
the one that came with your monitor barely allows you to adjust the position
in you're you're left having to hunch down like quasimodo just to see properly
or you prop your monitor up on top of a stack of fitness books that you've never
gotten around to reading because you're still training through your steam library so this is where an aftermarket
monitor stand is gonna come in handy but these run the gamut from around thirty
dollars to a thousand if you wanna buy that contraption that apple's trying to
sell so what should you look out for when buying a monitor stand and why in
the world does apple think it can charge more than an iphone for one well before
you even start looking for a monitor stand you'll want to make sure that the monitor itself has something called a
vase amount as this will make your life much easier this is a standard pattern
of mounting holes that are incorporated directly into the monitor's frame that
will ensure that your display is compatible with the vast majority of
stands on the market it's not uncommon though for monitors especially cheaper
ones to come without a vase amount so definitely verify this before doing
anything else your next step should be to think about what you need out of a
monitor stand do you need just something that's sturdier than the flimsy piece of
plastic that came in the monitor box if so you can probably get away with a
cheap freestanding stand many of these will not only give your monitor plenty
of support but will let you adjust the height the viewing angle and even let
you orient the monitor in portrait mode if you need to view lots of vertically
organized information at once like like a group chat
really important group chat but let's say that you're also concerned about
saving space maybe you have a small desk or or a multi-monitor setup and you just
can't have one or more freestanding solutions hogging all your real estate
in this case you have a few alternatives one is to get a wall mount which can
either attach to your wall and leave your monitor locked in one position or
allow your screen to protrude off of an ARM and be adjusted as you see fit of
course the downside is that you'll need to drill holes into your wall and
depending on where you mount your screen you don't want to have a super heavy
monitor ripping hole in the sheetrock that you'll have to explain to your
landlord but the upside is that you won't take up any desk space whatsoever
but if you don't want to mess around with installing a mount on your wall you
can go with a clamp style monitor stand that attaches to the side of your desk
minimizing your display's footprint there are also clamps that go through
your desk for added stability though you'll either need to have a hole
already built into your desk or of course bust out the power drill and make one
yourself but the nice thing about these clap mounts other than stability and
making your workspace look like your monitors are being held up by
cybernetic robot arms is that many of them are built to hold more than one
display at a time so instead of having half your desk taken up by large monitor
bases you can fit three screens and take
up about the same amount of space as a coffee mug whatever option you go with
be sure to check out how much weight each stand is rated for and exactly how
you'll be able to adjust your displays but hold on a minute because even some
of the nicest triple monitor clap mounts on amazon can be had for around 100 to
150 bucks so why in the world is apple
charging a thousand dollars for a simple freestanding mount with fairly standard
tilt and rotation features well there's actually nothing special about it
seeing as it's being paired with a 5 000 monitor apple may have thought another
grand for a stand would be small potatoes for the folks in the market for
a display like that but regardless of whether this is an apple ploy to create
another over engineered pricey to repair product or just them thinking their
design is actually worth that much our recommendation would be to just go with
the also overpriced vase amount
or maybe just lean it against something with some velcro
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