Macbook OSX upgrade to 10.6.8 troubles

Hello,
I have a Macbook I recently upgraded to OSX 10.6.8. It has 1GB of RAM and 2.1 intel duo. Ever since I upgraded I have been having several issues. The computer will completely freeze if left unused for more than 10 minutes. I was also having an issue with Safari freezing.....it would not allow you to type anything in the search or address bars. I downloaded Chrome thinking that would solve the problem, but the same thing happened.....the address bar became unresponsive after a while. Scrolling the page up and down still worked, but could not click on anything in the page or type.
There have been several other things as well.....mostly involving programs freezing up .
Does anyone know what this could possibly be? I have been searching online and have yet to find a solution that works. The Apple Genius suggested I wipe out the drive and start from scratch.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

You could first check the hard drive with Disk Utility while booted from the install disc, and if it seems OK go along with the suggestion of installing the software again.

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