EVGA 285 GTX and Apple's 30- LED release

I just have a question what's taking so long for Apple to release a 30 inch LED display, Currently SamSung XL30 30" Inch goes for $2600, I would be gladly to pay that price because i've been waiting for Apple to bring out a LED 30 inch for 1 year and half and I hope Apple gives the new 30"inch LED Cinema the same design as the current 24" inch but give the power users a choice between Matt with the current design but with LED technology and Glossy for users that want the same design as the current 24 inch LED just like they did with the current 17 inch MacBook Pros, and other thing I would like to ask you would Apple provide adapters for those who has standard DVi input like for example a DVI-D Dual Link to Mini Displayport adapter that will allow older Mac Pro/PowerMac and MacBook Pro/Powerbook models with DVI-D Dual Link jacks to work with our Mini Displayport displays
I know some people that I spoke too would like to use EVGA 285 GTX with LED Displays but that's not possible without an adapter like I mention above will EVGA or Apple will make such Adapter?

My question is if the card has a description of 'Double Wide' does this mean it occupies 1x PCIe 2.0 16 lane slot but as it's 'Double Wide' it obscures the next PCI e slot, effectively taking up 2 card slots? As I have never owned a MP and have not seen the internal spacing arrangements.
The Mac Pro has extra space between slots one and two, so a double size card in slot one does not interfere with slot two.
So in the not so distant future, could you fit 2 x GTX 285 cards in?
They would fit, but there would not be enough power. There are only two auxilary power conectors in the Mac Pro, but one EVGA GTX 285 would use both connectors.
<http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=01G-P3-1080-TR>
"Two available 6-pin PCI-E power dongles"

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I just tried to connect a second 30 inch Cinema display to my early 2009 8-core MacPro with a Radeon 4870 card.
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I just tried to connect a second 30 inch Cinema display to my early 2009 8-core MacPro with a Radeon 4870 card.
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<http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB571Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ&mco=MjkyNjI0Mg>
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