Ibooke freezes when minimizing or using expose to show all windows

I have a bought a refurbished ibook from the mac refurb site 2 weeks ago, no other hardware, and have only installed office 2004.
It freezes often when several windows are open and i use expose to show all windows (approx 1 time in 2), and also when i minimise a window if a few apps are open. (approx 1 time in 3 or 4)
When frozen it just hangs & shows rotating disk & only way out is to restart using power button.
I Have tried hardware tests & disk utility etc...
Any other suggestions? or anyone else having a similar problem?
Would prefer to resolve myself as opposed to sending back on guarantee as I need it daily..
THANKS

furthermore..
i have spent so much time trying to sort this out over the past week that my girlfriend has given me an ultamatum;
either the computer goes... or she goes...
has anyone else discovered that buying an ibook has had such a dramatic effect on thier relationship? and has anyone got any suggestions how to resolve this?
i think the computer has to go back to apple... unless someone comes up with a fast fix.......

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