My brand new macbook pro freezes ALL the time

Without even one single app running, this piece of garbage will freeze. I get the spinning pinwheel even when I open Finder. I have updated all software, don't game, never run more than two apps at a time, the two being iTunes and Safari.
I don't know what to do, I've had the notebook for literally less than a month and a half, and I am SO SO SO disappointed to the point that I hate it and want to break it. I have about 5 minutes from startup before I have to hard restart the computer, and once I do, it just stays frozen once it wakes back up.
I am at a loss, and any other message board I find is from 2011, where the "update" is that Apple has fixed the issue. My computer is by definition a worthless and useless two thousand dollar piece of machinery that I can't even use for longer than 5 minutes. I will not be purchasing another macbook. I just need to know how to deal with this one.

You are still under warranty. Call Apple Care, get a case number and keep it handy.

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I have a fairly new early 2011 Macbook Pro 13". It has been running perfectly fine until about last Wednesday. Now whenever I try to do anything, I get the spinning beach ball of death. It does'nt matter what program it is, I always get it. My HDD, which is the standard 500GB, only has 174GB used, so it is not an issue of being too full. My laptop fell off my desk in class on Tuesday, but was in my Speck hard shell case, which snapped, but there was not a scratch on the laptop. Now it is not really working. Could my HDD be failing for some reason?
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Boot from your Lion Recovery HD. When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
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I recently bought a new macbook pro for college, maybe in mid August. At first it was working fine, everything going okay, then it randomly began to freeze. If I was listening to music the music would get stuck repeating the same sound, the cursor would freeze, and the computer would become unresponsive. I haven't downloaded or done anything to the computer that would cause this kind of response.
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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 386492 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1
Anonymous UUID:                    124CC178-586F-47BD-81E8-0311ED8A2BB3
Sat Aug 18 23:26:36 2012
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80002c4794): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f824449b1, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0xffffff80e3c8ae10, CR3: 0x000000011f468055, CR4: 0x00000000001606e0
RAX: 0xffffff7f82444a84, RBX: 0x0000000000000077, RCX: 0x3b10000100411002, RDX: 0x000000000310a5e2
RSP: 0xffffff80f1a839b0, RBP: 0xffffff80f1a839c0, RSI: 0xffffff801b7fe400, RDI: 0xffffff801a8db000
R8: 0x0000000000000075, R9: 0xffffff7f8249e380, R10: 0xffffff80f1a8392c, R11: 0xffffff80f1a83930
R12: 0xffffff80155f0c88, R13: 0xffffff801a8db000, R14: 0xffffff80d2656000, R15: 0xffffff801a8db000
RFL: 0x0000000000010282, RIP: 0xffffff7f824449b1, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
CR2: 0xffffff80e3c8ae10, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Faulting CPU: 0x2
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80f1a83660 : 0xffffff8000220792
0xffffff80f1a836e0 : 0xffffff80002c4794
0xffffff80f1a83890 : 0xffffff80002da55d
0xffffff80f1a838b0 : 0xffffff7f824449b1
0xffffff80f1a839c0 : 0xffffff7f82448f7d
0xffffff80f1a83b00 : 0xffffff7f82445ed4
0xffffff80f1a83b60 : 0xffffff800065593e
0xffffff80f1a83b80 : 0xffffff800065621a
0xffffff80f1a83be0 : 0xffffff80006569bb
0xffffff80f1a83d20 : 0xffffff80002a3f08
0xffffff80f1a83e20 : 0xffffff8000223096
0xffffff80f1a83e50 : 0xffffff80002148a9
0xffffff80f1a83eb0 : 0xffffff800021bbd8
0xffffff80f1a83f10 : 0xffffff80002af140
0xffffff80f1a83fb0 : 0xffffff80002dab5e
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD4000Graphics(7.2.8)[6B02D782-A79F-399C-81FD-353EBF F2AB81]@0xffffff7f8243c000->0xffffff7f824a2fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7)[C0404427-3360-36B4-B483-3C9F0C54A3CA]@0xffffff 7f80887000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.4)[474FE7E9-5C79-3AA4-830F-262DF4B6B544]@0xff ffff7f808eb000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.4)[EF26EBCF-7CF9-3FC7-B9AD-6C0C27B89B2B]@0 xffffff7f808b2000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Google Chrome He
Mac OS version:
11E2617
Kernel version:
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Kernel UUID: 25EC645A-8793-3201-8D0A-23EA280EC755
System model name: MacBookPro9,1 (Mac-4B7AC7E43945597E)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 278111461906622
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Chrome is the cause of your panic. In System Preferences>Energy Saver...remove the check in the box to enable automatic graphics switching. See if the panics stop.

Leaving Macbook Pro on all the time (as a desktop)

Hey guys, I have a 2010 Macbook Pro 17" and I'm thinking about transitioning it to a more sedentary lifestyle and turning it into my desktop. I currently use a PC as my home desktop, but it's old, slowing down, and uses Windows.
I have a few questions as I consider this move.
1) Will I need to keep the screen open on the laptop all the time? I think that MBPs dissipate their heat through the front/keyboard, so if I do find a workaround to keep it closed all the time, will my laptop overheat?
2) If I leave my MBP on all the time and plugged into an outlet constantly, will that drain my battery? I like keeping my main desktop on all the time as I do a lot of downloading, use it as a media server, and also like to access my desktop remotely. For the rare instance I want to unplug the MBP from the desktop setup, will I have any battery left to use?
The reason why I ask is because I'm thinking about two main options. The new iMacs are rumored to be coming out by the end of this month and I might just get that to replace my PC. However, I am thinking about holding off for the next generation of Macbook Airs (whenever that is) and just purchasing that, while turning my current MBP into a functional desktop. What is the downside of the using a MBP as a desktop instead of an iMac?
Please let me know what you guys think and recommend, and if anyone else uses this setup, please let me know how it is! Thanks!

1. Yes, it's possible to close the lid and keep the computer going - there are several threads on this if you search.
Although the MBP vents out the back when the lid is closed, heat does dissipate through through the top (meaning around the keyboard/speakers/trackpad/etc) also. Feel with your the top of your hands the aluminum when you computer is working hard and you will feel the heat - closing the lid will limit this heat escaping to a degree. So while it's likely fine to run the MBP with the lid closed, if it were me I would raise the lid up a few inches when the computer is using high CPU or the fans are working hard. (By the way, if you've been to an apple store, you will see that their laptops are fitted with little plastic bumpers so that when the lid is closed it doesn't close all the way - it could be to prevent sleeping, but instead of modding all their computers they could have just turned off sleep on lid close.)
2. As previously stated, it is good to power cycle your battery every month or so to keep it healthy. This is the nature of Li-ion batteries. Just unplug it and let it "die" once and a while. Leaving it plugged in most of the time won't destroy your battery.
Regarding iMac : It may have a better screen than whatever you currently have - they are stunning. Additionally, the current iMacs are more powerful than your 2010 MBP. But if you do decide to go that direction, I would agree that it may be best to wait till the iMacs come out with the improved Sandy Bridge i7's. If you don't need much horsepower, any of the 3 options will work - why not try out your 2010 MBP as your desktop for a bit and see how you like it, in the meantime you can see when the iMac comes out and compare that to your MBP desktop replacement/new MB Air idea.

Brand new macbook pro freezing when on the internet and won't fix itself

Three times tonight I have been on the internet and out of nowhere my macbook pro has frozen. I am unable to move the mousepad or click on anything or click out of the applications. I have to power off the computer to make it work again. How can i fix this? I have only had the computer for 5 days and I am confused at how this is happening already.

Take it back and get a new unit. If they say "We Will Fix it' then Return it for FULL REFUND, you have 14 days from day of purchase to return it No Questions Asked, and then buy another New unit.

Slow brand new Macbook pro- almost all ram being used up!

I just purchased my first mac a few weeks ago- a 13 inch macbook pro running snow leopard. I have been experiencing surprisingly slow performance- computers older than mine or others of the same model quickly multitask while I frequently sit watching the pinwheel spin. This problem seems especially evident when browsing. When using firefox or safari, when several tabs are open scrolling through pages is slow/delayed and opening new tabs freezes the computer for several seconds.
This occurs with only a couple of other programs open- maybe only itunes and ical for example. Meanwhile older and equivalent computers appear able to run even more programs simultaneously without such slow performance.
Using the Activity Monitor- it appears that 1.9 of my 2 gigs of ram are being used up. This seems unusual to me as not much is running. I still have 70 gigs of hard drive space available and have been keeping up with software updates. CPU is 89% free/idle.
Any suggestions or explanations for a new mac user? This new computer is rivaling my old PC running winodws xp in how slow it can run.
Thanks

The same thing happened to me when I upgraded my older Mac Pro to 10.6. It turned out one process, #112 "coreaudiod," was using almost 100% of the CPU time. Use Apple's "Activity Monitor" in your Utilities folder to find out if you have a process using up the CPU.
In my case, I deleted "com.apple.audio.coreaudiod.plist" from the launchdaemons folder in the system library, restarted the computer, and that solved the problem.
Merritt

My brand new macbook pro freezes ALL the time

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