Macbook 13 in. will not shut down

I'm having the same shutdown problem as a few days ago except this time Verify Permissions and verify disk do not solve anything. I wonder if it tends to behave this way if you leave it on too long?
I've only had the computer since June, brand new, and I'm disappointed in its reliability if I already have troubles trying to just shut it off.

I had had it on a long time yesterday, plugged directly in, with some use of Airport and also a warm USB hub and flash drives. It had been on so long with all I was doing that apparently maybe the heat contributed to the problem. I had to finally press the Power button to shut it down because every time I tried the normal soft Shut Down method, it would keep telling me that Finder would not quit and that I'd have to make Finder quit before it could "log off". I tried that but all it lets you do is Relaunch Finder when you try and then it won't log off/shut down. Finally I pushed the Power button.
The next morning, when the laptop was still cool, I powered it up and then after a very brief usage today, tried the usual Shut Down and it did work this morning. I will check it out again in a minute. If I don't post again, then that means it shut down again properly. Perhaps that would indicate that these units have trouble shutting down the normal soft Shut Down way through the Apple menu if they are very warm from use.
I did test Disk Utility last night before pressing the Power button but when verifying the disk and the permissions, nothing seemed to be awry. I should be getting TechTool Pro soon; Disk Warrior doesn't have a version that yet works with Macs from after Jan. of this year from what I'm told, as for optimization software. Strange that I've had this macbook only since June.
In general I like it ok but am a little nervous when it does things like this since I've been thinking about whether to get a Macbook Pro. Thanks.

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