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even if you just recently bought the monitor of your dreams one thing you may not have put a lot of thought into is your monitors stand and who can blame you right it's just something that holds up the screen but then you set it up and you realize that the one that came with your monitor barely allows you to adjust the position in there you're left having to hunch down like Quasimodo just to see properly or you prop your monitor up on top of a stack of fitness books that you've never gotten around to reading because you're still training through your Steam library so this is where an aftermarket monitor stand is going to come in handy but these run the gamut from around thirty dollars to a thousand if you want to buy that contraption that Apple's trying to sell so what should you look out for when buying them understand and why in the world does Apple think it can charge more than an iPhone for one well before you even start looking for a monitor stand you'll want to make sure that the monitor itself has something called a vase amount as this will make your life much easier this is a standard pattern of mounting holes that are incorporated directly into the monitors frame that will ensure that your display is compatible with the vast majority of stands on the market it's not uncommon though for monitors especially cheaper ones to come without a vase amount so definitely verify this before doing anything else your next step should be to think about what you need out of our monitor stand do you need just something that's sturdier than the flimsy piece of plastic that came in the monitor box if so you can probably get away with a cheap freestanding stand many of these will not only give your monitor plenty of support but will let you adjust the height the viewing angle and even let you orient the monitor in portrait mode if you need to view lots of vertically organized information at once like like a group chat really important group chat but let's say that you're also concerned about saving space maybe you have a small desk or or a multi-monitor setup and you just can't have one or more freestanding solutions hogging all your real estate in this case you have a few alternatives one is to get a wall mount which can either attach to your wall and leave your monitor locked in one position or allow your screen to protrude off of an arm and be adjusted as you see fit of course the downside is that you'll need to drill holes into your wall and depending on where you mount your screen you don't want to have a super-heavy monitor ripping hole in the sheet rock that you'll have to explain your landlord but the upside is that you won't take up any death space whatsoever but if you don't want to mess around with installing a mount on your wall you can go with a clamp style monitor stand that attaches to this side of your desk minimizing your displays footprint there are also clamps that go through your desk for added stability though you'll either need to have a hole already built into your desk or of course bust out the power drill and make one yourself but the nice thing about these clap mounts other than stability and making your workspace look like your monitors are being held up by cybernetic robot arms is that many of them are built to hold more than one display at a time so instead of having half your desk taken up by large monitor bases you can fit three screens and take up about the same amount of space as a coffee mug whatever option you go with be sure to check out how much weight each stand is rated for and exactly how you'll be able to adjust your displays hold on a minute because even some of the nicest triple monitor clap mounts on Amazon can be had for around a hundred 150 bucks so why in the world is Apple charging a thousand dollars for a simple freestanding mount with fairly standard tilt and rotation features well there's actually nothing special about it see yes it's being paired with a $5,000 monitor Apple may have thought another grand for a stand would be small potatoes for the folks in the market for a display like that but regardless of whether this is an Apple ploy to create another over-engineered pricey to repair a product or just then thinking their design is actually worth that much our recommendation would be to just go with the Oh also overpriced $200 vase amount or maybe just lean it against something with some velcro speaking of beautiful things that are worth it you can create a beautiful website with Squarespace and their all-in-one platform their award-winning templates make creating a powerful online identity even easier than ever each template is a starting point for a wide range of projects Squarespace provides award-winning 24/7 customer support by a live chat and email you can also attend a live webinar to check other help guides and now you can transfer your third-party domains to Squarespace so instead of working with multiple vendors to maintain your online presence you 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