VGA to mini Displayport adaptors?

I suppose this question has been asked a million times before, but does anyone know of a VGA to mini DP adaptor? I'd like to connect my Dell Latitude E4310 (work lappy) to my 27" cinema display. Haven't had much luck finding the right gear, though.
One - rather convoluted - idea I had was to use a VGA/DVI adaptor and bridge that with a DVI/miniDP adaptor, but I reckon this won't work.
Any ideas would be hugely appreciated.
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How about one of these?
http://store.apple.com/ussmb78313/product/MB572Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDA3Ng&mco=MTgxMTE2MTY
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/CBLMDPVGA/
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?cid=104&cp_id=10428&cs_id=1042802&pid=5107&seq=1&format=2
And finally go to Amazon.com and/or google and and do a search for "mini displayport to vga".

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