No Macbook or 17" Intel iMac Leopard Software Update

Apple has released iMac Software Update for both Tiger and Leopard.
As always, the release notes are a bit sparse and simply states that "this update provides important bug fixes and is recommended for 20-inch and 24-inch iMac models with 2.0, 2.4, or 2.8GHz processors." An analysis of the update packages indicates that updated graphics drivers have been delivered.
Some had hoped this would fix the intermittent Freezing problem that Apple had promised to address, but a couple of reports in our forums claim this problem persists even after applying the software update.
Really annoying the graphics haven't been improved for my 17" Intel iMac or Macbook its really sluggish. Does anyone know why? Is there one coming?

Yeah both have Intel graphics with 2 GB Ram. Installed on my friends 20" ATI graphics iMac and he had the same problem. Its not the actual system and apps which runs slow. Its things like the dock jerks as it comes up with magnification and general transitions and animation. This happens he when simply running finder. Never had this on Tiger. It was super smooth.

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