Update Leopard

Hi all,
Im actually a bit new with OSX so maybe there is a easy answer to this but i rather be careful then that my system crashes. I got a Macbook this christmas with the following specs:
Macbook model 1,1
intel core duo 1.83 Ghz.
2GB RAM
Systemversion: Mac OS X 10.5.1 (9B21)
Kernel-version: Darwin 9.1.0
Now i changed the program updates to manual since i had a problem
with these updates. I wanted to update my system and i downloaded a update of 1GB together with the latest itunes. after that i had to reboot but when i did i got a kernel panic, mismatch between kernel and CPU so had to reinstall whole OSX. I dont have a disk so had to let someone else do it. After this im a bit scared to update.Because of the kernel panic error i could not boot anymore and only got a message to hold the power button and restart.
I think the following happend... I installed a update (probably 10.6 not sure) i didnt see what kind of update it was (a bit dumb but ok) but since the system itself said that there was a update available i just installed it. That's where it went wrong. I think my hardware could not take this latest update and thats why i would not boot. Now i have 10.5.1 and if i search for updates i can update to 10.5.8 but should i? dont i get this kernel panic again? is my macBook to old?
Since i dont have a dvd or anything and dont want to go through all this trouble again with reinstalling etc. i really have to be sure that its safe to update.I checked the apple support page and searched on my serienumber and it gave me a total specs list of my machine. http://support.apple.com/kb/SP31
Hope someone can help me. Thanks in advance,

Welcome to Apple's discussion groups.
First, if you're not backing up your MacBook, I'd buy an external drive and use Carbon Copy Cloner (http://www.bombich.com/) or SuperDuper! (http://www.shirt-pocket.com/) to back it up. Then if you have a bad experience with an update, you can easily restore your Mac from the backup.
I'd also download the OS X 10.5.8 "combo" updater
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL866
yourself instead of using Software Update.
That update you tried to install would definitely not have been OS X 10.6, which has to be purchased.

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Please forgive me for disappearing from this thread for the last 8 days.
I had hoped that some other thoughts would be brought forward in my absence.
Reinstalling the OS on a completely empty hard disk, with the reinstall being the 10.5.2 Upgrade,
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