Crashing.
Are we talking shockwave player or flash player?
If flash.........run this through google.
"disable flash hardware acceleration"
I mainly want a computer for multitasking, watching videos, playing music, and playing web browser games. I like having multiple programs open and/or multiple tabs open in my browser(especially with media such as videos and/or games, so I find my shockwave plugin crashing often.)

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