IMac works fine in safe mode, extremely slow in normal mode

Hey guys, I'm going nuts!
My mac got stuck on a white screen, I ended up reinstalling Snow Leopard - now when I boot in normal mode everything is extrememly slow - when I mouse over the corner of a window (close minimise etc) is stops and takes about 10 seconds to make the rollover affect (putting the "x" in the red circle). When I move the mouse over anything on the desktop, it stops working for about 10 seconds as well. The mouse moves around the screen fine, and after a lot of painful (and very patient) clicking, I can transfer files around fine - happens just as fast as it would normally, windows open as normal etc.
The most frustrating part is - everything works fine is safe mode! I'm typing this message on the mac now... I was thinking that I could transfer all of my data on to an external drive, but safe mode won't recognise them it took me about 10 minutes to select a folder and copy it to a hard drive in normal mode - I can't drag over a few items because of the mouse problem...
I have updated my software - can't open the app store for some reason (I want to upgrade to Lion as well). No idea what to do...

One of the primary difference between a safe boot and a normal boot is that all third party software is prevented from starting in the safe boot. So it sounds like something you installed on your Mac is causing the problems.
Are you running any kind of AV software?
If you are I would suggest that you start by unsintalling it. There are no virus on the Mac for the AV software to find any way so all it ever does is cause problems.
Allan

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                        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 465.44 GB (339.98 GB free)
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