Missing first key stroke

Hi..I seem to remember there being a firmware update on the issue of leopard ignoring the first key stroke for some reason. I have that firmware update and it says it's installed, though I still encounter this problem...anyone else?

There have been many threads on this topic, here are a few to peruse:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6578448
http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?t=81413
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6522928
I don't think there's been an overall resolution to this, however...

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