Brand new Macbook slow to read data DVD's

I jsut got a new macbook today and am installing over 100GB of music software and samples. It is taking forever as you might imagine, but I must say that it is running markedly slower that my 24" iMac, which is totally strange because the have the same exact drive.
Is there something I'm doing wrong? Is there a setting that I could change to optimize my drive speed?? Such as unchecking the box that says "Go very slow?"
I'm not trying to whine. I just find it completely odd that the same drive is taking 3-4 times longer to to the same amount of work in my macbook.
If anybody has any ideas that would be great, thanks!

Hey Guys,
I have the same odd issue. My "old" MacBook Pro takes about 5-6 hours to install Logic Studio while my brand new iMac takes around a HUGE 12 hours to install the whole thing. Once installed it's fine and fast, but the install is painfully slow.
I still find that 5-6 hours is slow but I a realize that there is around 60Gb to install...
I am almost certain that it all relates to some problems with the not so Super "Super Drives" as there is almost no I/O activity or CPU while the audio files are extracted.

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