MacBook Pro appears as PowerMac in system profiler

My MacBook Pro 2.16 shows as a PowerMac under the system profiler, Model Identifier.
Any thoughts? Did I migrate something important and screw my new shiney MBP? Of course, I 'd like to to show the Model that it really is...and thats a MacBook Pro.
Any guidance would be really appreciated!
Cheers,

That's very weird !
1. Try resetting Parameter RAM (hold down apple/option/p/r keys at boot and release after three 'chimes'
2. Try Booting from Install DVD1 and see what System Profiler shows
3. Worst case do an Archive re-install of OSX
4. If all fails call Apple ...

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