why no VESA mount!? grrrr....

You are right, just more non-direct work for the customer to figure out. I can handle it. I could handle a decasing, it's when he says:

"The mount point inside the iMac Intel is the same as in the iMac G5. In order to get to it, you must disassemble the entire iMac Intel including the removal of the logic board, HD, LCD screen, etc."

Thats not just taking its top off, that's a good haul. Maybe I'll just slip the top off and see where it goes. What could Possibly go wrong 😉 heheh!

Yea nothing with that gives me fear, just a score of dutiful work, it'd be nice to see that mount point of the foot.

.. where'd that one extra screw come from? hehe

The link to the photos above provides the basics. You do need to remove the LCD as explained. The had part is getting the black EMI shield un-stuck from the LCD.

Use a driver with a magnet so you don't drop the screws in places you don't want them.

The mount-point is under the Logic board so it need to come out. You can actually see half of it in the "Drive Space" photo from the link above. It is to the right-edge of where the hard-drive sits (next to logic board). There are several screws and a few connectors but nothing too difficult. Just don't remove the 4 screws that are part of the processor heat-sink!

There are a couple of sites out there that have the actual Apple service manual with full take-apart instructions.

Well, the new 24 inch Intel Core 2 Duo(released today) supports VESA mounts. Go. Now.