Spinning beach ball on new iMac

Hey, after googling this problem it seems a lot of people have this problem. I have a new (several months old) iMac that will get the spinning beach ball when the computer is not even being pushed. I'm talking about it doing this for 30 or so seconds when only Safari is open. Doesn't seem quite right considering it's a 3.06 GHz 4GB Intel iMac. Is this a software problem? Or did I get a lemon?

HI,
I'm talking about it doing this for 30 or so seconds when only Safari is open.
Most likely not a lemon but a problem with Safari. Did you install any third party Safari plugins or input managers since you've had your iMac?
If Safari has actually crashed, you can copy/paste a crash report in your reply so we can get an idea of what's causing the problem.
Open a Finder window. From the Menu Bar click Go/Go to Folder
Copy and paste this path into the Finder dialog: 
~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/
Click the Go button.
Finder opens the folder containing the crash log. Look for a the crash file with a date field that looks like the *most recent.* Copy and paste the entire report in your reply.
Carolyn

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