Apple DisplayPort-Dual Link DVI adapter delayed until December 23. Bah! Humbug!

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Apple DisplayPort to Dual Link DVI Adapter Delayed to Dec. 23 [Apple]
Published 11/20/2008 by Mark Wilson at Gizmodo
... ; it's a custom cord that can't exactly be spotted between the batteries and singing cards at the drug store. Now Apple has informed preorderers to expect their shipments no sooner than December 23rd—which just goes to show that in a fight between Steve Jobs and Santa Claus, Steve Jobs would win...or something like that. [9to5mac] ...

Apple Mini DisplayPort to DVI cable delayed until Christmas
Published 11/20/2008 by Chris Davies at SlashGear
... Apple require you to buy if you ever want to use a new MacBook or MacBook Pro with your existing 30-inch Cinema Display?  Scheduled to ship 4-5 weeks after the new unibody aluminum laptops themselves, it was tough for people to decide whether to be most annoyed by the cost, the necessity or the ugliness of the solution.  Now Apple have added a fourth possibility: huge delays.  Those who pre-ordered the Mini DisplayLink to Dual-Link DVI cable have just been contacted to tell them that their adapters won’t be delivered until December 23rd. ...