Did you know that the new iMac G5 offers the smallest footprint ever, but you can make that zero with an optional VESA mount. “Hang it from the wall or swing it around on your desk,’ Apple suggests here.
Of course, we’ll take this opportunity to remind you that, way back on July 28th, we wrote: “One hint from us: if the new iMac G5 doesn’t accept, somehow interact with, or include a built-in VESA Mount Adapter, we’ll switch to Windows XP (just kidding). You heard it here first.”
No Windows XP for us! (Yes, we had semi-weaseled-out by adding the “just kidding” in the original comment, but you can’t blame us for covering our bet with those stakes, now can you?) And now we know at least two more of our sources are nice and legit – unless they just got lucky!
Related MacDailyNews article:
Wondering about new iMac G5 design? We have an idea… – July 28, 2004
Apple’s new ‘Chiclet’ iMac G5 a design triumph meant to tempt Windows iPod users – August 31, 2004
Apple unveils new iMac G5, the world’s thinnest desktop computer – August 31, 2004
I am looking for a WESA mount.
I really like the new design, however I think that Apple should make an iMac G4 perhaps a dual core when Motorola brings that out, with the same design and add a multiple media memory slot on the side, perhaps below the optical disc slot for loading pictures from cameras. Include the bluetooth module and the VESA mount. This could include a built-in tv tuner with support for HDTV. This could be something like a new iMacTV. By using dual core G4, they could bring the price down perhaps below the $1000 mark for the “17 and compete against regular LCD tv’s. 3 models could be created 17″, 23″ and 30” Stores would use them as smart display’s and kiosks.
Another thing:
When Apple revealed the new displays, one of the great ideas was to have a single connector which has the power usb and firewire. Something like a dock connector would have been nice underneath the power connector on the new iMac. This would eliminate the trail of wires hanging behind the computer. A small box that would connect via one cable would have been a nice idea so that 3rd party peripheral companies could make innovative docking solutions even one with PCI slots. The sky would have been the limit.
I guess that would have been like the mezzanine slot on the original iMac.
I believe we’ll also see a stand to place the foot on so the computer can be swiveled. Third party stuff. Since the foot is so small (size… 6 or 7?) simply turning it does the same thing. I notice in some of the Expo photos that some of the wires are not running through the center hole of the stand. I assume that is there to keep them all neat. The keyboard does fit nicely on the foot when not in use.
I know, never satisfied. Always pushing the envelope!
I want a coaxial cable input with a TV tuner. Then I can watch TV without having a separate BRICK to deal with.
The iMac would be perfect for me if I can have it mounted on a swingarm. I can use it a TV and as a computer with a wireless bluetooth keyboard/mouse.
This new iMac will work great on a swing arm, but it might be difficult or impossible to mount flush on the wall if you want to plug anything in. All the ports are on the back, off center! Unless you want to pinch your FireWire etc. cables against the wall, or physically punch a hole in the wall to make room for the cables, you’re gonna have to let the iMac stick out a bit, and that won’t be elegant at all. It would be preferable to mount an actual LCD monitor on the wall with the CPU somewhere else…but you don’t need this iMac to do that.
for the person looking for a vesa mount, i’ve been looking for a while and there aren’t very many nice ones. the best i’ve found so far is made by knoll. knoll makes a few different ones, but the zorro one is the nicest. it’s at the bottom of the page found here:
http://www.knoll.com/products/t_std_prod_links.jsp?leaf_html_id=8
Forget the static wall mount. To have the same versatility as the older iMac you need an articulating arm. Cost, between 89 and 350 dollars.
I just purchased the NeoFlex from Ergotron for the 23″Apple display:
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http://www.ergotron.com/3_products/flat_panel/neoFlex/default.asp
It’s great and looks really nice as well. I recommend it highly. Got it from MacConnection for $89.95+tax. That’s not bad at all.
Yeah, I saw one of these babies at the SF store. They’re pretty sweet. Really thin, too.
Too bad that person on the new iMac was hogging it. I couldn’t play with it…
The ergotron wont work for the 20″ imac. It’s to heavy at over 25lbs.
Fortunately, there are a number of arms at slightly higher prices which are rated for a 25-lb. load. They ought to support an iMac nicely.
Of course I’d like to take the opportunity to remind MDN that, on the same day (28 July) Twenty Benson wrote “… it will carry a LOT of design references to the iPod – after all, this will be the focal ‘switching’ machine for all those millions of Wintel ‘podders’ who’ve recently discovered the wonders of Apple. Perhaps simply an enlarged ‘landscape’ iPod shape (white surface) with an LCD screen filling out one side and a brushed metal stand centred on the other…”
I write —
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Seahawk’s response will be — 🙁
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I write —
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Seahawk’s response will be — 🙁
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The mother of all vesa mounts. http://www.mockett.com/default.asp?ID=4&action=detail&partCode=FSA1/4V
I could I miss an appointment with MacPCGuy
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Naahh, *writing* is an art, you just throw punches at the keyboard
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For all, the wall-mount thing is not like you would with a picture. LOL, whoever had that vision… funny.
There IS plenty of space on a wall-mounted iMac for all the cables you like. Granted, it would ruin the effect though. I see that option for users with Wi-Fi and bluetooth keyboard and mouse on the desk and no fixed/permanent peripherals hanging around. THEN the effect is GRAND.
Just stress your imagination and *see* it. With a 20″ screen of course.
As Phil Schiller said, at that wall-mounted iMac (no cables around), invariably unaware people (hey, 90% of users are on Windows – yes! Gartner report tells us the 95% is now overstated) will ask: “Where is the computer?”.
Notice the specs say voltage comes in two ways … 110 volt only (probably for US models), and 110-240 volt for other models.
For those of us who move around in the world and want a desktop computer, not being able to buy it in the US with multi voltage option (like, for instance, G5s and former iMacs) is a showstopper.
Would love to hear if its possible to get it with variable voltage.
I wonder what the distance between the wall and the unit itself is….since ALL the plugs (Firewire, USB ethernet, etc) will be sticking outward towards the wall on the back rather than sticking out sideways like an iBook?
http://www.ergotron.com/3_products/flat_panel/400_DS/default.asp
“VESA mount adapter kit for iMac G5 coming in Oct.
September 1 – 18:07 EDT�� The online Apple Store has details on the new iMac G5 mounting kit, which will allow the machine to be used with VESA compliant mounting solutions such as wall mounts and articulating arms. “The iMac G5 VESA Mount Adapter allows your iMac G5 to be used with a variety of alternate mounting solutions such as wall mounts and zero footprint articulating arms based on the VESA flat panel mounting interface (FPMI). The new iMac G5 family features a removable desktopfoot. iMac G5 VESA Mount Adapter Kit contains a tool that allows you to remove the system foot and to attach the VESA Mount Adapter to the computer. The iMac G5 is now ready to attach to any VESA compliant mounting solution that has a 100mm x 100 mm attachment.” The US$29 kit will be available for order in October. “