Updated to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard problems

I update to Mac OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard and something is running big time.
system hiccups all the time! The color wheel spins all the time. Have done all HD repairs.

I think Hazem is off track, as the SL installer will do a file system check before installing. If there were hard drive problems, it wouldn't have let you install it. This is new in the SL installer, and a very nice feature.
Generally, if you reinstall the system and continue having problems, you've got one of two possible problems. First, you didn't do it right and reinstalled some incompatible software or imported some damaged settings. Second possibility, you have a hardware problem.
Only you can know if the first option is a real possibility. To rule out software, you have to erase the hard drive and start from scratch. Reinstall any applications from scratch, from the original installers, and only add the ones you absolutely can't do without at first, then add the others slowly. Don't import any settings from the previous system, don't import your entire home folder. Only copy your documents from a backup, and rebuild any settings from scratch.
Regarding hardware, it could be that your drive is failing in such a way that it might pass a file system check but have sporadic problems. Open Disk Utility and select the hard drive, which will have a name like "500 GB blah", not the volume, which is indented underneath the drive and has the name you see on the desktop. Once you have selected the drive, look at the bottom of the window and make sure SMART status is "Verified."
Next, try running [Apple Hardware Test|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509]. Also, even if AHT gives your RAM a pass, you should consider running [Rember|http://www.kelleycomputing.net/rember> to test your RAM. This won't rule out everything, but may give you some answers.

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