My new MB Air randomly forced me to restart

[ktowe]

This happened twice today on my late 2010 MB Air (13"/2.13/4GB). The same thing also happened on my iMac once today. This was the first time it happened with my iMac since I bought it two years ago. I was just simply browsing the Internet, doing email, and word processing.

The two most recent changes I made to both of them were installing dropbox and adding clicktoflash extension. Any idea what may have caused this? I'd appreciate your answers and advices.

 

[alust2013]

that's a kernel panic, although I am not sure what could have caused that.

 

[ktowe]

that's a kernel panic, although I am not sure what could have caused that.

Thank you for your answer. I have to admit that I'm clueless about this kind of stuffs.

Is it something serious? Should I take it back for an exchange or return? My 2-week period will be expired tomorrow.

 

[inf]

Thank you for your answer. I have to admit that I'm clueless about this kind of stuffs.

Is it something serious? Should I take it back for an exchange or return? My 2-week period will be expired tomorrow.

If it starts to do it all the time, then go for the exchange. One kernel panic doesn't mean anything

 

[ktowe]

If it starts to do it all the time, then go for the exchange. One kernel panic doesn't mean anything

I just checked logged files. It happened twice on the first day I got the machine (10/26) and twice today.

 

[beatnikdave]

That happened to my 11" also. I had it happen to me 8 times within 10 days, so I made an appointment at my local apple store and they swapped it out for me with a new one.