Black macbook and a white power supply???

love my black macbook but the power supply and the minidvi connectors are white, even the cable for my black ipod is white..
Personally If feel apple made a major mistake here.. will they ever release black powersupplies cables to match my black macbook or should I not was my money on black?

It's doubtful but you never know.
Mort

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