How does this differ from usual? I thought they were already useless and as heavy as bricks anyway ;p

I was able to fix my macbook with the procedure here http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1245111&tstart=30

To get at Terminal and Disk Utility go to 'Utilities' on the installer menubar.

I wonder why apple kept the update live after so many problems?

And here was me thinking that Macs were perfect.

Looks like I will be sticking to my highly reliable Dell box.

they already were useless bricks. Gniffle.

The article fails to mention that this update is for those who are still running Tiger. Those running Leopard have experienced no issues with their recent update.