10.4.6 killed my new mini intel core duo mac

Everything worked perfectly on my mini intel mac before the 10.4.6 upgrade.
Now most of the applications (idvd, comic life aso) crash at startup. Itunes runs but, when I try to import a file, it crashes... WHAT'S HAPPENING??
Why do Apple sends software updates that doesn't works??
My mini intel mac is 10 days old (no other external application or plugin...). It's new, but after only 10 days it looks like an old computer that doesn't work.
It's incredible but 10.4.6 seems (at the moment) running ok on my old (non-intel) powerbook G4.
Would apple PLEASE give us a help for these problems???
ty

The world is not black and white. I'm saying that on a rare occasion it is possible for even Apple to sell unhealthy systems by accident. No manufacturing plant is perfect. And even the slightest error can be cause for concern about the health of the system.
The fact there have been successful installs of every variety (combo, delta, Software Update):
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435203&tstart=30
Says that the testing for it was good enough to make it work. The problem is some mitigating factor on your particular system which caused it to fail. Either the computer itself has something unhealthy on it, it has bad cache files, or bad preferences, directory, or drivers for something which 10.4.6 has no support of because the third party drivers were poorly written. Don't pin the blame on 10.4.6 unless you can explain why each of us who has had a successful install are not seeing failures. It is also possible you downloaded a corrupted update (this can happen a lot with large files over dialup internet, and is a limitation of that technology).
Yes while it would be nice for it to always work, if you installed any third party items, or have bad hardware, there is always something that may cause it to fail. Backup your data prior to installing any update, and be prepared as I say with the upgrade tips I've mentioned. If you need a translation for them, I'll be happy to find someone who can translate it.

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