How deep does my desk need to be for an iMac 24"

Hi

I have a 24" iMac on my desk.
The desk is 1 inch from the wall and has a depth of 18". The iMac sits right up to the back edge of the desk, which leaves enough space so that the keyboard sits 3" from the base of the iMac and 3" from the front of the desk.

This looks good and is ok to work with although my hands do tend to rest on the edge of the desk when typing.

Just so you know the desk is also 48" wide which is enough space for me to have the iMac, keyboard, mouse and mouse pad, small Sony external speakers, a 6" bamboo one graphics pad, 2 ipod docks and a coaster for me coffee out all of the time.
I have a shelf in the foot well of the desk which holds the speaker sub woofer, usb HD for time machine backups, a 7 port powered usb hub and a second HD for backups on my MacBook.
I then have a separate set of draws next to the desk which has my all in one printer/scanner on top. It all looks neat and tidy, and fits in a relatively small space. The whole set up is 68" wide and 20" deep.

hope this helps you out, let us know how you get on.

Paul

The space between the back of the monitor stand to the front of my keyboard in 16 inches. The smallest space (a bit uncomfortable) would be if you put the back of the keyboard against the front of the monitor base and you could whittle it down to 13 inches that way.

Rick

The depth isn't too much issue with iMacs, as long as your desk can hold a standard LCD monitor with a few inchs behind and enough space to have a keyboard in front your fine. Its the wide that is the problem. I recently saw how wide 24" iMacs are, that are huge! Compared to my 20" iMac and take up lot of space across the wide of a desk.
Though saying that the do take as much space as a keyboard and mouse would need across a desk give or take.

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