Why not just lower the adjustable chair and save the $$$? I know there are a lot of non adjustable chairs but for me this is just a waste of money.
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ElevationLab Debuts Aluminum Elevation Stand for iMac and Apple Displays
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Frankly to me, the proportions look all off kilter now. It's too tall and looks top heavy.
Sometimes a solution cannot simply be an add-on. Design is a process in where a lot of experimentation occurs. To simply tack on something that was never intended to be there in the first place is doing the design an injustice.
Sometimes a solution cannot simply be an add-on. Design is a process in where a lot of experimentation occurs. To simply tack on something that was never intended to be there in the first place is doing the design an injustice.
I want something with proper height and also rotation. When an iMac is on the desk it is easy to turn. On this stand (and many others its not). Products designed for smooth rotation tend to not have elevation and vice-versa.
So for not I guess its got to be a Vesa iMac and a monitor arm. :-(
So for not I guess its got to be a Vesa iMac and a monitor arm. :-(
The latest generation of those devices stand vertically, so they wouldn't fit in a monitor riser - and as far as designing them to hold the previous gen AEBS or TC, why would you design a brand new product capable of holding a previous generation apple product?
Try THAT with an e-book!
Seems over-engineered if all you want is to raise the iMac/screen by a few mm, for me it'd need to have adjustable height & swivel to be worth buying.
"The perfect height" - in a world where desks, chairs and torsos comes in one-size only, maybe.
Just looks like a big ugly chunk of metal to me. And rough around the edges to boot.
Just looks like a big ugly chunk of metal to me. And rough around the edges to boot.
did you read the last part of my comment stating that it would only work with older devices? And that I was playing devils advocate? Meaning I was creating an argument against myself.
And as for why, because there are a ton of them out there and it's really the only option as far as that kind of thing goes. Give it some purpose, a little more purpose than it has now. That space is pretty small.
Sorry....totally missed the last few words of the last sentence.
I do agree it is just wasted space now. I'd never get one of these since the issue I have is my iMac sits too high as it is (I have the older 24" with a larger "chin"), so I purchased a VESA adapter and desk mount to be able to lower it.
Like the idea, but won't invest (actually donate) in this project. Kickstarter itself is already a half way scam, I'm not sure would I like the end product of this project.
This is what I do for some things at home. Put those college textbooks to good use!
Yeah...it's almost getting to be silly with everybody trying to "channel"
Jony Ive . I don't like the way it's mainstreamed "self aggrandizement" into entrepreneurial marketing videos.
It's a computer stand OK. It's not a Rothko painting alright. But even Rothko went a little heavy on "overhyping" his genius.
Yes that could be the case, but it would only be a minority, besides apple and their team of industrial designers probably took consciousness into the sitting positions from various user to provide the best ergonomically to the majority of the users with some minor exceptions like the one you said.
so because apple is a huge company everything they do must be right?
having used an imac for almost 8 years now there is a flaw in the design. my chair is in the correct height, my desk is in the correct height but the imac is 5" or so below the recommended height.
https://www.apple.com/about/ergonomics/vision.html
can you tell me how i can sit in the correct position, have my desk in the correct position and follow apples own guidelines regarding screen height with an imac and everything that comes in the box?
and i am in the minority of being similar in height as tim cook and steve jobs.
Like I said, most of the users won't have a problem, and the recommended sitting position is exactly that... RECOMMENDED... its not mandatory, the best sitting position for using any kind of PC is the one that you feel most comfortably using for hours and hours, what they tried to do was a one size fits all, but there is still some people that are either too short or too tall and this product is for that minority. The average world human height is around 169cm.
the average human height may 169cm but that does not mean that the average height of apple customers or computer buyers is that short. i dont think the pygmies and such should be included.
but what you are saying may be all fine and good but then how can you not agree with my point of view that the imac design is flawed and should have an adjustable height? that is the easiest solution and would suit everyone.
the position you are sitting in for hours and hours may feel fine today but can give you long term problems if its not proper.
This is not milled from a solid aluminum block. It is in fact an aluminum extrusion with secondary milling operations like the hole, the chamfers, etc. The solid aluminum billet they mention is what gets put into the extrusion machine which they briefly show a part of on the video. There is nothing exotic about how they make this--it's a marketing video so they showcase certain aspects and name drop like you would expect them to in these things--a lot of fluff and very little substance. To me it's funny how they show all the other options for stands at the beginning because that would certainly sell me on those instead of this. In the real world who cares if the little space under your monitor is free of junk because the rest of the space, on my desk anyway, is full of stuff.