Finding a 800/400 firewire cable

I bought a new macbook pro yesterday. I would have liked to get a macbook with the new graphics, but alas, no firewire for my audio interface.
So I look around the apple store for a 800/400 firewire cable. No dice.
I call Best Buy.
Fry's.
University book store.
Circuit City.
So I'm a little annoyed and waiting a few days to do any music on my computer. Hasn't firewire 800 been out for 5+ years?
If apple taketh away, shouldn't they giveth me a cable (to buy of course!!).
Anyone have any ideas where I could buy this in person?

I needed a 9 pin firewire 800 to a 4 pin firewire 400 to connect my video camera to my MBP. Apple showed me a $20 cable they had that would need an adapter that they did not sell so I would have had to get that elsewhere.
I went to monoprice.com and got a cable that did not need an adapter and paid $5 and change and that even included the shipping. Check online and I am sure you will find the cable you are looking for.

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