Different DVI?

I just exchanged my mac mini which i purchased 2 weeks ago for the newer one. I spent the extra 50 bucks. I was wondering if anyone else had the problem of a different DVI? Meaning, I put in the mini-dvi to dvi adapter. Then I tried to put on my dvi to vga adapter that I had from before. It does not fit. My dvi to vga adapter that came from my macbook pro also does not fit. I was wondering if anyone else has this problem. Is it really a dvi or an apple version of DVI?

My mini won't arrive until later today, but my guess is that the supplied adapter is DVI-D, which doesn't pass through an analog signal, thus is made to not fit analog adapters. Specifically, the DVI to VGA adapter you have is DVI-I, which stands for "integrated," as in digital + analog. You can't mix and match DVI-I with DVI-D. The pin outs are slightly different. If that is the case you will need to buy a mini-DVI to VGA adapter.

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