If you go to Macfixit.com, they suggest doing this in order to avoid potential problems. I for one, have seen an update completely screw up someone's computer. Better to be safe than sorry. Here's the exact quote from Macfixit.

As usual, we recommend the following procedure when applying a system Update:

1. Make sure your hard drive is in good shape: Boot from the OS X Install CD and run Disk Utility's Repair Disk function (or use a third-party drive utility such as DiskWarrior or TechTool Pro).
2. When booted from the volume containing Mac OS X, run Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions function.
3. Install the update.
4. After rebooting, again run Repair Disk Permissions.


On Aug 10, 2004, at 12:49 AM, Rob Carruthers wrote:

At the risk of sounding dumb. Why do you go to so much trouble? Why not just install the update and restart?


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