I was watching Netflix on my Macbook Air, and all of a sudden the screen completely froze and the mouse wouldn't move and I couldn't escape or turn it off for like 5 minutes. Does that mean my computer needs to be fixed?

I'm scared!

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Since we know nothing about the age of your machine, and the OS you're using it's rather difficult to offer any reliable help.
Help us help you. The more complete the description of your problem is (which MacBook Air you have, which OS you're using, ) the more useful assistance we can provide, and, the sooner we can provide it..
This might be a reoccurring phenomena of Mavericks - a sleep/wake issue has caused many similar behaviors. It might be a conflicting software issue, or a true hardware problem with your particular machine. More details from you can shed more light.

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