[DM-MUG] Options for least expensive G4 or G5??

[Rod Ragner]

On May 1, 2005, at 8:24 PM, Ray Bowler wrote:
>> On May 1, 2005, at 5:47 PM, Donald Brown wrote:
>>> Get a mini.  Very cheap, and it's going to run rings around your 
>>> cube.  Not very expandible, but neither was the cube.
>>
>> A Mac mini only has DVI output and the older Cinema Display (that 
>> came with a Cube) only has ADC input. Therefore, a $100 DVI-to-ADC 
>> adapter would be required (to provide power to the ADC display), 
>> meaning that a Mac mini will cost a little more than originally 
>> thought.
>
> The mini comes with an adapter. I had to use it to connect my NEC 
> display.  Is this the DVE-to-ADC one?

No, it is a DVI-to-VGA (which costs about $5 to $15).

A DVI-to-ADC adapter must provide a power brick to supply power to the 
ADC monitor. Essentially, DVI is a subset of ADC, as the ADC connector 
on the video card provides power as well as DVI and USB (and FireWire 
too, but no ADC monitors provided FireWire ports). Apple sells the 
DVI-to-ADC (not to be confused with the ADC-to-DVI) adapter for $100.

Rod