Garageband struggling with Plugins. Is Logic going to be any better?

Hey all
Ive got what I thought was a pretty decent iMac (3.06 GHz INtel Core 2 Duo - 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3 - 500GB with 120GB of free space) for DAW music production, but Garageband is seriously stuggling and becomes so very slow when I use plugins with it.
Does anyone know if Logic handles plugins any better/quicker?
I'm only running a couple of plugins on a couple of tracks.
Thanks

It depends on the plugin.
The plugins that come with Logic run very efficiently with it. Some 3rd party plugins are CPU hogs.
It's not a Garageand vs. Logic thing, it really boils down to the plugin and, of course, your computer.

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