New Black Penryn-Macbook. White MacBook Icon in Finder?

Hi
I got a my new black Macbook. But the "Computer" and Sharing-Icon in the Finder shows the white one. Can I fix this on my own or hope for a bugfix? Anyone else with a Macbook 4,1(black) has the same problem?

If you are overly picky, like me, and you want your MacBook to well, look black (we did pay the "black tax" -- right? :-)), you can easily change the icon by using some commands in terminal.
1. cd /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/
(this is where the icon files are stored)
2. sudo mv com.apple.macbook-white.icns com.apple.macbook-white-bak.icns
(this makes a backup of your original white macbook icon)
3. Enter admin password
4. sudo cp com.apple.macbook-black.icns com.apple.macbook-white.icns
(this copies the black icon and names it as the white icon)
Now your MacBook icon is black. Just a note -- all MacBook's that you connect to or see on your network will also be black, whether they are or aren't. Still, it's a nice improvement.
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