Constantly locks up and I can't do anything. The wheel of death won't go away

At first I thought it was safari but now it's so bad it takes 10 min to start up bc it locks up so bad. The wheel of death appears just about every 5-10 min with everything we do.

Do you have 10% to 15%, or more, of your hard drive empty/free for systems usage?
Did you upgrade your OS X to 10.6, from what it originally shipped with?  If yes, are there any login items or other programs (listed on system preferences under other) that need to be updated to run with 10.6?
This FAQ may provide some ideas: http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/sbbod.html

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