IMac freezes after installing snow leopard

I recently installed Snow Leopard in my 5 year old iMac. It had functioned flawlessly until that point. Now it freezes constantly. The only way to get out is to shut it down and do a safe reboot. Another difficulty is that I am not that computer literate. So any responses need to be formed simplistically please.

See this FAQ which may help: http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/performance.html
Also, how much memory do you have? 1GB is the minimum, but more is better.
How much free space do you have on your hard disk? Generally speaking, 10% or more of the total is good, with a minimum 5GB.  Less than that can really crimp OS X and slow down performance.

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