MacBook video graphics problem - NOT artifacts this time, but rather boxes

http://www.johnwaller.org/bb/topic.php?post=167#post167
I document the problem there ... in response to someone asking me about the artifacts problem. I have gone through three MacBooks trying resolve misc. issues, and on my most recent MacBook, I never turne don Secure Virtual Memory is System Preferences, so this is a COMPLETELY different problem.
Anyone have insight on this? I experienced it in 10.4.6, then now in 10.4.7. It seems to be a fix for the artifacts that was instituted in 10.4.7 in response, but it looks like some half-*** bake job by joe-smoe intern working for Apple this summer ....
grrrrr...
I spec in with the following:
Intel Core Duo 1.83
100GB 7200 RPM Serial-ATA drive (replaced 60GB drive)
1GB of DDR2 (2x512)
the rest is stock.

As far as I can tell, the switching from 10.4.6 to 10.4.7 on my MacBook FIXED the artifacts problem, yet created this NEW problem.
So, I did in REVERSE what I would have done in 10.4.6 to fix the artifacts problem, which NOW I'm 10.4.7 and thats.... to turn Secure Virtual Mem. ON in the Security section of the Systems Preferences.
Whatever THAT DID, I fixed my problem. I haven't experienced the problem since about 3 days ago and I use my computer pretty hard-core ... so I WAS going to run into this problem, I would have experienced it by now - I believe.
SO .... no official fix, but it DID seem to resolve my question here....

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Anonymous UUID:                    C0995714-6CF4-2AB3-6387-D559FEE65107
Wed Nov 28 18:52:41 2012
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