Introduction:
Well, it has been my computer boot camp week for the year. Every year, another boot camp. This year it started last Tuesday June 11th when I noticed that my 27″ iMac was off and could not be turned on. Great!
So, I made an appointment to go to the Apple store at the end of I205 around Portland and met up with TJ the Genius. When I talked to TJ, I had a good idea of that either the power supply or the motherboard or both, were fried. So, I left the Mac with him over night and pre-approved him fixing both power supply ($67) and the motherboard ($540 which was about what used motherboards are on ebay for this machine). Net result was that “a small fire on the motherboard” had fried both the power supply and the motherboard. :-(
But …
Before I could get my iMac to the Genius bar, I had to reverse the installation of the VESA adapter. Which took a good 90 minutes in order to go slow and avoid any SPAZ (I am a hopelessly absent minded SPAZ) PHD (and yes, I’m a PhD so I’m licensed to be this absent minded) damage to the computer. Slow and steady.
I hate VESA adapters!
But, when I brought my repaired iMac home, I decided not to re-install the VESA adapter because I wanted to try a new way to mount my 27″ iMac since the newest generation of iMacs can only have their VESA adapters installed if you have a custom built unit. That, and at 53 I’m tired of messing with anything but the most essential productivity areas of computers. So, here is the picture of a direct mounted 75 MM bracket to my iMac’s stand:
Now, here is a closer shot:
Ok, yeah, this is unorthodox. But I was able to make it work because of the flexibility in the “neck” of the monitor stand, and the amazing flexibility of my Innovative Designs Giant Mamun (Henderson the rain king allusion) Monitor Arm. So here is what the “dark side” of my GTD desk force looks like:
See how the monitor stand is tipped at almost a 45 degree angle so the base is out of the way? This is the secret to being able to mount your monitor arm directly to your iMac’s stand. *Note* that I’ve elected to use drywall screws to force the monitor to stay tilted out at the bottom (no *flames* please).
The holes in the monitor arm that the drywall screws are penetrating are there due to my efforts to repurpose the iMac stand in order to hold my most excellent Fujitsu Scanner above my desk. Here’s a refresher link and picture:
With a closeup to the vertical holes on the upside down iMac stand:
So, what does the iMac look like to work with? Great question! Here it is:
Anyone with a new iMac 27″ that wants to use the Innovative 7500-HD stand, drop me an email ([email protected]) and I’ll be happy to converse with you and share.
Bill Meade