Once desktop touchscreens explode in popularity--which will probably happen after Apple releases their rumored touchscreen iMac later this year--PC manufacturers will have to incorporate some serious industrial design to enable screens to travel from viewing height to touch-friendly distance. The standard cheapie monitor stand, which typically looks like an afterthought, just ain't gonna cut it.
A multinational company called Colebrook Bosson Saunders, which made the first monitor arms back in the '80s, isn't sitting around waiting for the touchscreen revolution to happen; they've already got a full line of monitor arms (above) designed for a variety of situations, ranging from bare-bones simple to precision-adjustment to heavy-duty to height-adjusting. They can be mounted to posts, clamped to desks, and even hung from slatwalls. Check out their lineup here.
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