New 30" Display + Mac Pro: Firewire connector discrepancies

Love my new display and computer - but why does the Display come with the older style (6-pin) FW connector, and the Mac Pro have the newer (Beta) plugs?
Is there a PCI card I can purchase (ugh!) to make up for this?
(I was really surprised to learn of this inconsistency when my computer and display arrived last week...)

The 30" was designed before FW800 was common. FW400 is too slow for modern hard drives, so Macs now use FW800. A simple adapter or FW400 to FW800 cable lets you use older devices. The 30" display's ports are only FW400, so are not useful for modern external drives, so many users would not bother plugging the display's fireWire cable into the computer.

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