iMac on a vesa wall mounting.

[Olf]

For anyone teetering on the brink... I finally got round to this. This is our family computer/tv/kitchen music player. It's 24".

Apple do a vesa adaptor http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC434ZM/A?mco=MT...

which I then mated to a Vogel arm http://www.vogels.com/web/Consumer/Products/Produc...

Very pleased with the result. £100 total. Vogel comes with all necessary wall fittings.

[AB]

Looks brilliant, although wireless keyboard needed I think to keep it tidy!

[Olf]

yep wireless mouse & KB next purchase.

[AB]

Brilliant. Looks awesome mate. Would love to put mine on the wall but to be honest I move it around a little.

[AyBee]

Love that, busy trying to get my flatmate to buy the new 27" imac Unfortunately we live in rented accomodation so wall mounting isn't an option but that looks awesome!

[Olf]

Cheers lads. I've got the mb pro for roaming. The 27" looks mega. Would certainly have bought that if it had been around.

With two toddlers and the benefit of the remote this sort of wall mount makes a lot of sense.

[Thorny]

Sorry - only just seen this, looks great - how do you get tv on it? Do you get sat or digital?

[Olf]

Thorny said:

Sorry - only just seen this, looks great - how do you get tv on it? Do you get sat or digital?

iPlayer for us because we don;t watch a lot of tele anyway but if you want anything else then the answer is eyeTV which also records http://www.elgato.com/ good kit...

[Thorny]

Olf said:

Thorny said:

Sorry - only just seen this, looks great - how do you get tv on it? Do you get sat or digital?

iPlayer for us because we don;t watch a lot of tele anyway but if you want anything else then the answer is eyeTV which also records http://www.elgato.com/ good kit...

Great - thanks, that's what the Apple store recommended too - thank you.

[Dracoro]

Olf said:

yep wireless mouse & KB next purchase.

Problem is no wireless with numpad.

The small keyboard is horrid. You soon get bored of hitting shift rather than up arrow No page up/down etc.

Why can't Apple produce a wireless numpad keyboard?

[Olf]

Dracoro said:

Olf said:

yep wireless mouse & KB next purchase.

Problem is no wireless with numpad.

The small keyboard is horrid. You soon get bored of hitting shift rather than up arrow No page up/down etc.

Why can't Apple produce a wireless numpad keyboard?

It's fine - typing on one now.

[Dracoro]

Fair enough, I could never get on with it so use a numpad one. Apple should really release a wireless version....

[Lost soul]

Olf said:

yep wireless mouse & KB next purchase.

i thought they were standard with the imac

[Olf]

Lost soul said:

Olf said:

yep wireless mouse & KB next purchase.

i thought they were standard with the imac

not when I bought mine.

The magic mouse is superb by the way.

[Lost soul]

Olf said:

Lost soul said:

Olf said:

yep wireless mouse & KB next purchase.

i thought they were standard with the imac

not when I bought mine.

The magic mouse is superb by the way.

i am still umming and ahhing about getting a 27i , thank for your input on the thread i started on the imac by the way

[Zod]

I thought about an iMac for the kitchen (being a platform agnostic multiple Mac and PC user), but it always seemed to me that a touchscreen was the only sensible interface in the kitchen, so I bought an HP IQ515. Stupidly, HP doesn't make a VESA adapter for it (it does for the IQ800 series), but I found an enterprising firm in the US that does.

This HP has been one of my best technology purchases. It operates as TV, PVR (networked with two other PCs running Media Center and sharing all recorded TV), Ocado shopping screen and occasional browser, email checker and photo frame.

[Olf]

Touch screen didn't even occur to be honest, but otherwise... Exactly.

I also have a Bamboo tablet and a screen locking painting app that the children can use so it's even a drawing board as well!