How to upgrade Energy preference pane?

Hey,
So, you know the Energy preference pane that let's you switch between the two graphics chips?
I don't seem to have that. I'm still stuck with the generic version. I'm guessing this is an artifact of my carbon copy restore from my previous laptop? In any case, I was wondering if there's a way to manually upgrade the preference pane -- or tell the system to probe itself for goodies.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

kasey_junk,
I'm going to go further than eww's reply: Format (erase) your internal hard drive, then reinstall OS X from the "Software Restore" disks that came with the new Macbook Pro. This problem with the Energy Saver preference pane is just one problem you will encounter when attempting to run an OS from an earlier model. Save yourself the headaches, and install the one and only build of OS X that is designed to operate on your new Macbook Pro; namely, the one that is provided on its machine-specific Software Restore disks.
If you need advice on how to migrate your data from the older installation, we can provide that.
Scott

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