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But a $400 premium? I work in a "nice" office (with a chair and motorized standing desk that each cost several thousand) and we use nearly bezel-less 4k monito
by TAKEMYMONEY 5y ago
But a $400 premium?
I work in a "nice" office (with a chair and motorized standing desk that each cost several thousand) and we use nearly bezel-less 4k monitors with brushed aluminum tilt-and-raise stands that aren't made by Apple.
There's a huge range between Apple and AmazonBasics industrial-design-wise now, especially when you're bidding for enterprise-level equipment contracts.
- hughrr 5y agoDecent monitor arms easily cost $300-500.
- FpUser 5y agoI have monitor arm that works just fine. Cost me $149 (Canadian pesos) on Amazon.
- hughrr 5y agoTo note I paid considerably less than half that for my $300 arm. YMMV but shop around for corp clearance.
- readams 5y agoMonitor arms are much more complicated than a monitor stand.
- D13Fd 5y agoThat's untrue. Ergotron LX arms for example hold big monitors perfectly and last basically forever - currently priced <$200: https://www.amazon.com/Ergotron-Monitor-Monitors-Up-Polished-Aluminum/dp/B00358RIRC/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1RL9N3V3PCTZA&keywords=ergotron%2Bmonitor%2Barm&qid=1646842105 https://www.amazon.com/Ergotron-Monitor-Monitors-Up-Polished...
- Wistar 5y agoI have several Ergotrons for a few years now, mostly the two-arm models with 27in monitor pairs. My only gripe is that cabling them neatly is difficult.
- TAKEMYMONEY 5y ago1. Excellent monitor arms might cost that much, most are closer to $200-300. Decent ones are way less. 2. This is $400 more than the other arm. You're paying $400 for the added height adjustment.
- w0mbat 5y agoMost VESA monitor arms are like $30 to $40. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=VESA+monitor+arm https://www.amazon.com/s?k=VESA+monitor+arm
- hughrr 5y agoThey all seem to have serious problems at that price point. I got through about three before giving up and buying a decent one, albeit second hand.
- ineedasername 5y agoSomewhere in here there's a bad joke about them costing an arm & a leg.
- oneplane 5y agoAt that point where the personal work area budget of 200k really doesn't care if your monitor arm costs $50 or $2000... well it doesn't matter anymore. Price-fighting over workplace items only applies to the mass market. (which is both the problem and the solution: if you want to save some money, buy a different stand and VESA-mount it)
- pcmoney 5y ago$400 is literally less than one hour of billable work in most places, negligible.
- TAKEMYMONEY 5y agoI'm aware of the hourly rates for the industry I work in, thank you. We're discussing value.