Imac 24 aluminum with 750GB drive freezing

I have a new 24inch - 3GB 2.8GHZ and 750GB drive iMAC. I have 5 other C2D systems. The new one locks up from time to time - odd as the mouse moves but nothing else. have to remove power cord sometimes the button wont do it either.
I dont think its the drive - i have heard its the dog ATI video card that is doing it. The drivers are painfully slow compared to my other 24" prior generation 24inch imac with 7600 Nvida. not only are they slow it also looks like they are buggy. Why they would go to a slower and buggier graphics chip? Macs should be better in this area and this is a step back

I had the same problem, I just purchased a new 2.8extreme 750gb iMac and it froze up on me!!
The mouse pointer would work and the dock would enlarge but could not select anything....
Now the scroll wheel(scroll down) has packed up on my wireless mouse....arrrghhh!!
COME ON APPLE!!

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