After a few hours of being on my new mac mini pauses every few seconds - help

This makes it hard to use as I try to move the mouse the pointer moves and then stops etc.. The same with typing.
Not doing anything really - just mainly running itunes.
Restarting does fix it for a while but restarting every few hours is not great.

If you've had it less tha 90 days, contact Apple support. If you have Applecare, you can talk with them for up to 3 years, but hopefully that's not needed. In the US call 800-275-2273.

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Bonjour PanicRev16
   I use Grapher 2D 3D on my early 2006 iMac, but I tried it on my wife's Macbook Pro with Lion then Mountain Lion : no problem with Grapher 2.1 3D gcx files, Grapher 2.3 loves them !
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