Most Mac owners are tired of being asked if their computer crashes a lot.
Apple uses the terms freeze, bomb and, of course, crash. Basically, these mean the mouse pointer may not move or may not be visible. A restart is usually the only activity possible.
However, I recently found out Mac does not have to mean Must Always Crash.
After using a Mac at work for many years, I took advantage of the Performa promotion last autumn and brought home a 5200CD with 24 megabytes of RAM.
It suited my needs for home use with a CD, 14.4 kilobits per second (Kbps) internal modem and an 850-megabyte IDE hard drive. These last two features were the cause of crashes, but it took a bit of digging to find that out.
This Mac was crashing seemingly at random but once it began it would happen several times. Some days it didn't happen at all.