The MacBook Pro has a black frame around the screen and a magnet-based closing mechanism. The pictures does not show a visible IR-receiver though.

The technical details are same as the actual one besides a faster CPU.

Link to T-Systems

Take a closer look and realize this is definitely not silver:

Looks like there could be a white iPhone in the future. Or the guys from the print service messed it up.

Who does not know this problem. After re-installing your system there are a huge amount of updates to download and install. Even for those having a fast Internet access it takes a while. And what to do if you have to keep more than one system up-2-date.

The German computer magazine c’t came up with a neat solution (Artikel aus c’t 10/07, S. 192). They created a little application based on AppleScript that does the work for you.

It is called OliU (OfflineUpdates). You can download it here. The archive contains three files

• OliU.zip The application OliU, which you have to copy to your hard disk
• ctOliU.src.zip The XCode-project, to customize it
• wget-1.10.2.tar.gz The source code of wget, that was used to create wget, whis is part of OliU.

The application will do the download for you and create a disk image. You can store that then either on DVD-R(W) or on an external drive like your Apple iPod. Or you can put it in your “Web-Sites”-folder and distribute it over the local network.

The OliU works for both Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs. Even the application updates are included. The only restriction is, that Mac OS X earlier than 10.4 are, due to update mechanism, unsopperted.

A little legal information: The application is copyright protected and not Public Domain. It is not meant to be used as commercial.
You are encouraged to copy and distribute the tool or parts of it as long as

• you do not charge money for it and
• keep the user informed about the origin of it.

More information (in German) you find on the c’t Web site

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30 minutes later the professor told me my grade. A 1.7!!! I guess I could have done better but I forgot some facts. Shame on me.

There the good news end. From tomorrow on I will have to work hard again on my next exam which is on 18th May. And this is going to be much harder.

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I will set up a new SimplePHPBlog for several other projects, where I do not have a data base at my hand.

The only important thing for you is now changing your bookmarks to http://blog.tafkas.net/.

Shinichiro Hirama released version 2.6.3 on 29th April which comes with my German localization.

Now go and get it.

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I wonder if my MacBook battery is affected.

For my 15-inch G4 Powerbook 1,67 Ghz I got a new battery before.

There is a big chance you may have to pay to upgrade in future from this “free” serial number, but if you find this product good enough for your requirements, it is definitely worth registering:

For more infos about RapidWeaver check the develope’s Web site:
www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver