Mac Pro Trips an "arch vault" in the electrical outlet

Mac Pro Trips an "arch vault" in the electrical outlet causing the breaker go. This is a problem for me, sometimes when my computer sleeps and when i wake it, the power gets shut off.
The election said it's because my house outlets are setup up with a blew "arch vault" system. Which he described as neither being good, bad, or beneficial in anyway. The problem he says is when i turn on my computer it trips the "arch vault" in the outlet and it causes the breaker to shut off.
The weird thing is it some times works, and it will work after repeated attempts to turn it on, and switching back over the breaker.
My question is, does anyone know anything about this? Why does it work some times but not others? Can i buy an adapter or power bar or something to get around this annoyance. The problem is only when i turn on the mac pro. Right now i have it plugged into the bathroom (you can see the inconvenience) and the bathroom is not set up on this "arch vault" system.
any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.

It's an Arc Fault circuit breaker. They are required for bedroom circuits in new construction.
The breaker is designed to trip when it senses high frequency current pulses caused by arcing. Some electronic devices also cause them to trip. Square-D breakers are supposed to be less likely to trip with such loads. If you are using the room an an office, not a bedroom, have the breaker replaced with a standard breaker. If it is a Siemens breaker, be sure the coiled wire is still there
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