Mac OSX (10.5.6) update breaking new MacBook Pro

Hi, I purchased one of the new MacBook Pro Unibody machines and every time I have tried to update the operating system to 10.5.6 it has broken the performance of the machine. I have used the updater software as well as tried to install via the combo updater. Every time I do this I log in to find that performance is extremely choppy. When I move my mouse it jumps around all over the place, making it extremely difficult to click on anything. Applications launch at an abysmally slow rate and the computer just generally begins to take a nose dive for the worst. It seriously is running slower and more poorly than my outdated MacBook. I'm getting extremely tired of fresh installing Leopard and was hoping someone could help me out in trying to solve this problem as I want to have the most up to date system but I don't want it to come at a significant performance decrease.
Any help would be amazing.

Have you run Disk Utility's "Verify Disk" step to see if it finds any problems with the file system on the hard drive?
Also, when you say 'fresh install' what exactly do you mean you have done, step by step? Depending on the installation options, you may have retained or reintroduced some third party item that is interfering with the update, like a login item or 'enhancer' software.

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