Dashboard freezing?

I just got a new iMac 20" Duo Core Intel...
I know there are a lot of post on iMac 20" & 24" duo core Intels freezing up. I thought I'd post to see if anybody else is also getting freezes when adding or using Dashboard.
Seems as if I try to add another Dashboard item, it doesn't give the "blurb water" effect, instead it just freezes and forces me to do a hard shut down by holding the power button in till the iMac shuts down. Is this an example of the issues at hand on these iMacs? I have also came across another where all of a sudden my screen just went blank black but not shut down. As if there is something going but the screen is just a fade of black. Nothing new was even installed, not one program but merely just Software Updates. So with this being a brand new toy what should I be doing? Do we wait it out for Apple to send new Software Update? Should I be wasting time calling Apple Support? Just looking for some suggestions. TIA

I have 2 gigs of RAM. Anyways here's an update of what's going on with my iMac...
I did a fix permission a couple more times after all the initial Software Update which actually included the iMac Software Update 1.1. Unlike many post in which people say that they are having problems with this, I actually only crashed maybe 3 times now and it's been about a week.
Generally the first time I launched a program regardless of what it was it crashed. Then I'd run fix permission utility and found some errors being corrected. Once I do that, I'd go back and run that program without any more problems. I know it sound's weird but it's been working okay for me since which includes Dashboard as well.
(knock on wood)
Maybe it's just as simple as running the Disk Utility - Fix Permission.

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