Updating my Mac's firnware WILL IT AFFECT MY iPod?

Okay I just bought a new 80 GB video iPod and have filled it with plenty of purchases from the iTunes Store, which I am now in the process of backing up. I started a similar thread like this earlier saying I had not backed up my purchases yet and didn't want to risk downloading an update that causes problems. -- earlier thread(s) to date though were in the Mac Mini board
I remember Security Update 2006-001 on my older Mac the 12' PowerBook G4 killed Safari. I had to do a clean OS reinstall of the operating system and then reinstall major upgrades that do work like Mac OS 10.3.9 and QuickTime 7 over again.
I remember iTunes 6.0.2 broke Disk Utility on my PowerBook and hearing it had problems in Windows too. Was wasted time trying to fix it -- I did eventually bit should not have had that problem
I remember iTunes 7.0.0 would not work -- iTunes would open and then freeze or crash automatically.
I have an 80 GB video iPod now with iTunes 7.0.2 and don't want to risk this firmware update ruining my iPod. Since I started the earlier thread I have begun to back up a good number of my iTunes purchases. Should I still hold off on the update?
It is a firmware update for the Mac Mini released about a week ago -- it said it was supposed to fix a problem with a delay when you wake Mac Mini from sleep that it takes a few minutes longer than it should. Its the Mac MIni EFI firmware update.
Now I have backed up my purchases but don't want my new iPod getting screwed up.
I know Apple recently released a new firmware update for at least all Intel based Macs and I have an Intel based Mac Mini at home with Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.8 and I don't want to install it if it causes problems. The Mac OS X Security Update 2006-001 in general was a major headache as iot broke Safari I had to reinstall OS X from scratch -- this was Mac OS X Panther though on a PowerBook G4 I have -- and that had OS 10.3.9 -- anyways it caused serious problems and I don't want to risk installing a defective upgrade again.
iTunes 6.0.2 for Mac and Windows also had problems -- I have a PC at home also with Windows and heard of problems Windows users had with that update. On my Mac iTunes 6.0.2 broke Disk Utility I had to delete the chess.app file for the chess game to make it work again.
iTunes 7.0.0 was also a major headache as iTunes would automatically crash as soon as I opened it or freeze up and not respond in which case I had no choice but to force quit iTunes.
I don't want to take another serious risk. If the update Mac Mini EFI Firmware Update version 1.1 -- which according to Software Update is 1.9 MB is safe I am willing to download it but only after getting a second opinion.

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