OSX 10.7.4 iMac Start Up Issues

After starting up my imac OSX 10.7.4 the magic ball appears to be spinning a while while i access my system preference and other menu items. why is that happening?

You don't have a PPC iMac which is where you posted your question.
I will request that the mods move it to correvt forum.
Allan

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