IMAC 24" shadow affect around text in all Apps

Dear Forum,
I'm new to Apple and MAC's having spent( for my sins)most of my time working in windows, so please excuse me if I'm missing something obvious.
I have new 24" iMAC 3.06GHZ running Leopard 10.5.5 O/S. I also run Parallels which is required for work where I switch to Vista.
Problem:
When using the MAC as a MAC and not in emulation. I notice the quality of the text is poor or looks like a shadow affect around the text. This can be seen whether simply looking at the folder names in the HDD or headings. It is especially noticeable when using Safari or Firefox. I have tried to alter the fonts as I appreciate the fonts are set per application and not system wide, but this has little or no affect.
Please Note - This issue is only on text pictures, jpg's are absolutely fine. I have been through the calibration, this makes no difference either.
Now If I use Parallels and emulate to Vista, (sorry I don't like comparing) everything appears as I would expect to see without problem. This to me is strange! and rules out a screen issue, but more like some kind of problem with the way fonts and settings are handled in pure MAC mode.?
In summary the shadow affect I see in MAC mode seems like the setting "Clear type" Vs "Standard" that is available and alterable in windows,it appears more exaggerated though on MAC.
Can anyone help as to be honest I find myself using Parallels more than I want to and this is not what I bought te iMAC for.
Many thanks for your help
Regards
Kevin

Kevin
I also got a new 24' iMac 3.06GHZ about 4-weeks ago, running Leopard 10.5.5 O/S, same problem as you when using the MAC as a MAC shadow affect around fonts, Windows XP in Boot Camp looks good.
I called Applecare they had me try some different things, and then I reinstalled the O/S, same shawdows effect and fuzzy looking fonts. This is a real problem trying to use any applications using text smaller then 18pt.
I have searched without any solution, it seems to be the way the O/S renders the fonts.

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