Problems with iMac. Help Please!!

I bought a 21.5 iMac about 6 weeks ago. It first takes what seems a few minutes to start up, then I Have problems where it takes forever to connect, I have to keep trying to connect to internet, it finally does. Have talked to Apple and he had me do a some things. No avail. Now when I boot up, I get this picture of a globe for the longest time before it brings my screen up. Wondering if anyone has had this problem. Am going to contact Apple again, but sometime this community can help.
Any ideas? It is frustrating.
Thank You

A picture of a globe means that the Mac is trying to boot from a network source. Go into System Preferences, Startup Disk, click your hard drive to set it as the boot drive, and click the padlock on the lower left to lock it. That should speed up your boot time.
If you give us more details about your internet connection, and how you're attached to your network, someone should be able to offer advice about your connection problems.
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Originally Posted by tav2000
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