Mac OS 10.5 Freezing - should I be concerned?

Hi All,
I recently switched from PC to Mac and bought a new Unibody 13" with an upgrade to 4 gig of ram. I've spent roughly half my time in Windows Bootcamp and 1/2 in OS X 10.5 and about 5 times in the space of 2 weeks the computer has completely locked up, a few times in either OS. I never had a lock up quite like this on a PC - definitely many a crash - but the entire system stops responding.
Is this something that has happened to other people, or is there a chance that there is something wrong with my hardware? I'm thinking that perhaps the ram put in as part of the upgrade might be flaky, and if so would like to get it looked at while I'm still under warranty.
Here is a picture of OS X freezing - it's quite dramatic:
http://tr.im/osxfreeze
Regards,
James McGill

Take the computer in for service as it's still in warranty.

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