It happened on the second day of use. The computer arrived yesterday in the afternoon and crashed for the first time about 24 hours later.
I was surfing the Internet using google chrome while listening to musing with pandora. Suddenly there was a load non-constant booming noise from the external speakers. I tried to lower the volume using the mouse but the cursor would not move. The noise was very loud and I was afraid of damage to the speakers so I turned the volume very low on the speakers.
After a couple of minutes of trying to do something I gave up and pressed the power switch. This seemed to do nothing so I held the power button down long enough to power off. Then I restarted.
After rebooting I adjusted the speaker volume to be fairly low at the maximum setting on the computer. Perhaps if this lock-up happens again it will be less scary. I hope it doesn't happen while I am sleeping...
I am adjusting my initial score for the Mac mini:
Ubuntu Linux 10
Mac mini 7
Windows 7
Having a computer lockup so soon is unexpected. Since the Mac is all stock equipment selected by Apple, I had expected very high reliability. I figured that Mac OS X would have huge uptimes like Linux. Now I suspect that I have bought a lemon. I did buy a reconditioned computer, but I figured that Apple could isolate problems and repair a computer quite well.
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