Am new to using a mac and was wondering

Am new using a mac and was wondering is it normal that my macpro restarts more then once at the gray screen of an update?? HELP?

Try the MacBOOK Pro forums / the Snow Leopard OS section about updates.
And my guess is, No it is not normal.
Updates go through a couple of phases to download, prepare, and then do install. Finally getting more like Windows which is a safer method.
You might want to do a Safe Boot before and after the update is done (not on the first restart when applying)

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