Clear Cinema Monitor & Mac Mini

I have what I assume is a stupid question, but better safe than whatever. Is there any issue with hooking up the older clear cinema monitors to a mac mini (I assume all mac mini's are intel based)? I need a replacement monitor, but don't want to buy new because I'm planning on buying a new imac within the next year. Thanks for any guidance provided for the clueless.

If the display uses ADC (Apple Display Connector)
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you will need a DVI to ADC adapter
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