SO SAD not to be getting the keyboard firmware update!

Since I first bought my macbook in July, 2006, my only long-term complaint has been the keyboard. I love the way it looks and feels, but it constantly 1) leaves the first letter off whatever I write when it first wakes or switches fields, and 2) refuses to 'ignore accidental trackpad input', no matter how many times I check and recheck that box! I constantly find myself suddenly typing in the middle of some other line than the one I should be writing in!
Today, when the keyboard firmware came out, I was excited, thinking that my issues might be solved at last. But, alas, the firmware is not for early versions like mine. Does anyone else have my issue, and do you think that that last one in particular might be something that could be addressed by AppleCare?

noread_nowrite wrote:
keyboard firmware update will work only if you have 10.5.1 and up that means you need leopard.
As you can see from my signature I do have Leopard.

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