Mac OS X 10.5.3 update is a disaster

Hello!
After updating to version 10.5.3, my mac seems to be experiencing a lot of problems. Anyone experienced the same?
Activity Monitor
UserEventAgent is no longer responding
Coreaudiod is no longer responding
com.apple.Qmaster.statusmenu is not responding after a few minutes
CompressorTranscoder is not responding after a few minutes
I have frequent system crashes that I'm forced to do a hard restart:
System crashed when quick pre-viewing photos accessed from the AFP network
MAMP seems to be having compatibility issues with 10.5.3
1. MAMP's built-in apache and mysql servers are not responding even if you see a "green" status. Stopping servers won't work. Solving the issue is either you have to put the whole MAMP folder to the trash and re-install MAMP again. But the problem will get back when you do a computer restart.
2. When the built-in MAMP servers are running, the system probably doesn't like it so it crashes for a certain point in time.
Some third-party external drives can no longer be formatted using disk utility in 10.5.3 (it says I/O error). What the...?
Some third-party external devices fails to unmount (it's always saying to try to quit running applications even if no apps are running other than the Finder; relaunching the Finder doesn't help).
I can no longer burn DVDs/CDs using Roxio Toast Titanium 7.0.
Apple... just what are you doing??

The crashes you're experiencing could be caused by any number of different things, but one thing to check is whether you are using a Proxy server to connect to the internet. (Check in System Preferences -> Network -> Advanced). Some companies and many universities and libraries use proxy servers (automatic proxy.pac files) to let you access premium content from off-site. The OS 10.5.3 combo update seems to have introduced a compatibility bug that leads to crashes with proxy servers.
From your description, I can't tell whether this is what you're experiencing, but it may be related. So if you are using a proxy server, turn it off in System Preferences and try without.
If this indeed turns out to be the problem and you need to use a proxy server for work/research, then you should try Firefox (new version: Firefox 3 was just released last week) instead of Safari, and install one of the proxy extensions (e.g. FoxyProxy or SwitchProxy). Firefox handles proxies inside the browser (as opposed to the system-wide level, which is what Safari is doing). That allows you to switch your proxy server on and off. I've been using it with my proxy server and it's very stable. With FoxyProxy, you can even define site-specific browser behavior.

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