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Cost of adapting a Mac mini to old peripheral
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george6492
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Feb 26, 2005, 11:52 AM
 
The cost of the Mac mini is the selling point for people who already own the peripherals. I have a perfectly functional setup using a Power Mac 7300/200, but I have this itch for more speed because I need to run a new Win95 application and I am looking at Virtual PC. I have a scanner, a laser printer, a zip drive and an external hard drive on a SCSI chain. I have a beautiful 17" Sony monitor and ADB keyboard and trackball.

Question: What adapters to the mini can I use for my peripherals? Does it even make economic sense to buy a mini?
     
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Feb 26, 2005, 01:11 PM
 
If all your peripherals are 7300-era, it'll cost more in adapters to make them work half-ass (if at all) than to just buy new peripherals.

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