New macbook pro update to 10.4.8 causes a lot of problems

i got my macbook pro about a week ago. seems to work fine running 10.4.6. then i decided to run software update. it says that it will download the 10.4.8 update. went on with the update. restart took a while - i figured that it was still doing some "internal" stuff... so i waited. after the restart, the problems came. first, it wont shutdown. i get stuck in the blue screen. so i forced shutdown it, then booting would take at least 5 minutes! also, trackpad and keyboard does not respond most of the time.
i archived and install. so i went back to 10.4.6. the problems went away. then i ran software update again - 10.4.8 - then the problems came back! i thought that maybe my installed applications were messing the update, so i decided to do a fresh install - delete all files and install mac os x...
after doing a fresh install, i downloaded 10.4.7 from the apple website. installed it and then downloaded 10.4.8. AND then the problems came back again.
i have been googling this for about 3 days now and still found no answer.
what are your thoughts? any advice?
BTW: i also did a command + option + P + R and made the macbook pro "dong" a couple of times... but still the problems come back when i go to 10.4.8
PROBLEMS:
1) takes at least 5 minutes to boot - sometimes does not boot at all. stuck at the bluescreen
2) trackpad and keyboard gets stuck - until i press the power button then the trackpad and keyboard starts to respond again
3) does not shutdown - i get stuck on the bluescreen
these problems come even after doing a fresh install and a step-by-step update to 10.4.7 to 10.4.8

nope. since the latest security update came AFTER the 10.4.8 update, i never had the chance to install it because 10.4.8 was giving me major headaches.

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