This is new....but I think it's serious...

I have been having two new happenings in my computer lately. One is that when I'm typing a pop-up window will constantly open. I have no idea what the cause of this could be, but it has never happened before. Also, this has happened twice starting this morning. What happens is one of my programs will freeze. I cannot access the dock, my photo changing background will stop rotating pictures, and I cannot use the Apple+Tab shortcut to get to my programs. So basically I have to use force quit to exit all programs, and if you have read any of my other posts (actually my last post) you will note that since my laptop seems to be having problems...that I cannot shut down by using the 'Shut Down' command in the Apple commands menu. I really have not had any luck trying to figure out what is wrong with my laptop. The help that I received from my last post was unfortunately unconclusive, and I'm really starting to think that I am going to have to take my laptop to an Apple Store. So if anyone else can help before I do that, it would be greatly appreciated. Also, does anyone know if I would be able to like sell my computer back to Apple (so they can use it as a refurbished model) and get money to put towards a MacBook Pro? Because since my PowerBook G4 is in essence been 'retired' (for lack of a better word) I've just been considering getting a new laptop. Thank you for your help, and I hope I can figure out what is wrong with my poor laptop.
PowerBook G4   Mac OS X (10.3.8)  

Also, does anyone know if I would be able to like sell my computer back to Apple
No, Apple doesn't buy back computers. One source to sell it would be on ebay.
I didn't see your other post, however, if you've posted a similar question recently and received suggested actions, what did you do or not do that leads you to say what you received was inconclusive? What worked or what didn't work?

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