Why does my Macbook keeps freezing?

I've had my macbook since thanksgiving 2008 and I have added a few programs to it. Nothing major since I am not a heavy computer user. I've noticed over the past several weeks that I can be in the middle of a webpage or a program and the computer stops working. At first my bluetooth mouse would stop working and I would go and disconnect and reconnect it and it was fine but now the mouse stops working and the whole screen freezes. I have to do the command-option-esc command to get my computer to shut down. I have no idea why it does this all of a sudden or what to do to fix this. Please help.

To get an over all idea of available disk space ...
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon on your Desktop, then click: Get Info. In the Get Info window, click the discovery triangle so it's facing down. You will see; Capacity and Available Make sure you have 10% available disk space, 15% is better. Not enough available drive space can cause issues like you are experiencing.
Have you tried turning off the Mouse and just using the Trackpad to see if there are problems?
Also, try logging in to a different use and see if the issue continues. If not, then the problem is isolated to your user account. Go to System Preferences/Accounts. Click the gold padlock icon. You will be prompted for your admin password. Click the + button. Create a new user and click; Create Account. Then log on to that account.
This is starting to sound more like an internet related issue. Go to ~Library/Input Managers and delete at least one thing like CoolIris. Quit all applications and restart your MacBook.
Launch Firefox or Safari and see if it quits on you.
Carolyn

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