I was first informed by someone from the Moron Bar at the 5th Ave. Mac store that the Mini did not have a Firewire port. Having done my homework, I knew that it it did.I came to test my peripherals with a Firewire 400 to 800 adapter I bought cheaply on Ebay. First I tested my Canopus ADVC 110 and found that I Movie recognized it as a connected device. Next I tested my Panasonic PVDV401 Palmcorder. The battery was low but the power was on. I Movie did not recognize it. I tried to test my 2007 Sony DVD/CD Rewritable Drive DRX-830UL-T but the salesman refused to let me plug it in. Instead he tried to sell me the new USB DVD drive that replaces the SuperDrive. "Only $69" he insisted. So, I could not test the machine which both plays and records CDs and DVDs with Toast. The machine was a MacWorld Top Product but the salesman was afraid it would destroy the Mini's files. I do not know whether it works with the new Mini or not.