Jonathan Weiß

Since my wife is studying at the University of Freiburg, we took the chance and participated in Apple's Back to School promo. If you buy an iPod together with a Mac, Apple will return you 125€ ($160). To retrieve the money you have to give Apple this information:

• a copy of the invoice with the serial numbers of both the Mac and the iPod
• the Apple Online Store reference number
• the bar codes from both products' packages together with the part of the package they are glued on

You have to enter your name, address etc. together with the reference number online to get an special discount number. Then you have to print out a page containing this number and send it together with a copy of the invoice and the bar codes to an address located in the United Kingdom.
After a few weeks you should receive a check... I am curious if this really works. ;-)
Anyway, see what I did for the money (<german>brutalstmöglich!</german>):

... I have ever owned:

The previous MacBook was a pretty good machine, but still here are some aspects that got even better:

• it seems to have much more efficient fans or cooling system: it takes longer until the fans reach a rotation speed at which they are audible.
• the new LED backlit display is significant brighter and more colorful than it's predecessor.
• it uses the iSight adjust the display brightness according to the ambient light.
• it ways noticeable less.
• the multi touch gestures are really nice (I finally can use them - yay!) and I think I will use them a lot when I work without a mouse connected.

I am so happy with this excellent piece of art. :-)