Can i connect any monitor with a mac mini?

Can I connect this monitor cable to a new Mac Mini?

  • I'd like to connect an old monitor I have to the latest Mac Mini with whatever adapters Apple has available. http://www.thesneeze.com/monitor.jpg of the connector. If it helps, the cable on the connector reads "AWM E101344 STYLE 20276 VW-1 80 C 30V DVI DIGITAL SINGLE LINK SPACE SHUTTLE-C" Thanks!

  • Answer:

    If a monitor with a DVI input on it counts as old, I'm Methuselah.

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Am I missing something? That's a DVI connector. The new Mac Mini has a Mini DVI and a Mini DisplayPort--you would need a DVI-->Mini DVI adaptor. According to the http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html for the new Mac Mini, such a connector is included. So the only adaptor you need is a credit card that adapts your money to Apple's money.

Admiral Haddock

The Mac Mini probably has a DVI output (what your picture shows). The old monitor probably has a VGA input. You need a DVI to VGA adapter like http://store.apple.com/us/product/M8754G/A?mco=MzE2OTkyOA. This is a short cable that plugs into the DVI port of the Mac & lets you plug a VGA cable into to run to the monitor. Mac Mini -> DVI to VGA adapter -> VGA cable -> old monitor.

MesoFilter

Your monitor has a DVI connector. The Mac Mini has two video outputs: Mini-DVI and Mini-DisplayPort. It comes with a Mini-DVI to (full) DVI adapter. If you're buying this Mac Mini new, you won't need anything extra, just what comes in the box.

Tomorrowful

Your monitor is digital DVI. http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html, the mac mini comes with a mini dvi to dvi adapter. You should be all set. /on preview Tomorrowful has it.

acro

if that cable you posted a picture of is from the monitor, then you have a DVI connection. the older VGA connector is about 3/4ths the size of the DVI one and doesn't have the metal bar-type deal in the connector. (and, they're usually colored blue nowadays.) Mac Minis have mini-DVI and mini-DisplayPort on the latest models. if you have a brand-new Mac Mini, you get a mini-DVI to DVI adapter in the box. if you don't have one for whatever reason, http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9321G/B, though if you just bought a new one from Apple and it didn't come with the cable, you might want to ask them about that. older Mac Minis have a normal DVI port on them, so if you've got one of those, you just plug the monitor in.

mrg

The Mac Mini probably has a DVI output (what your picture shows). No, that's the cable coming from the old monitor. http://images.apple.com/macmini/images/design_ports20090303.jpg is the back of a Mac mini. You just need to connect the monitor to the Mini-DVI to DVI Adapter that comes with the Mac mini. Then plug the Adapter into the Mini-DVI port.

Blazecock Pileon

Great. Thanks, guys!

thesneeze

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