oqibidipo:
No. The original Mega with ATmega1280 had FTDI, but Mega2560 boards have ATmega16u2 (R3) or ATmega8u2 (R1/R2).
Forgive me for this.... but I'm still a little confused as to if I need to install the Arduino IDE or if I just need the drivers in order for the USB port to read the Arduino Mega board with the code already uploaded to it from my other computer.
Like I say I'm just trying to install as little as possible on the mini PC we are using for our project.