Internet Access Speeds - iMac vs PowerBook G4

Hi Folks,
I'm running an iMac7,1 and a PowerBook G4, both located an equal distance from my wifi hub. Neither of them are spring chickens, however my PowerBook is accessing the internet at at least 3 times faster than the iMac. The iMac has 4 times the memory and a faster processor. So what would be causing the slowness and how would I find its source?
These are both used for work and are "dodgy site" clean. Any ideas?
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier:               iMac7,1
Processor Name:               Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:              2 GHz
Number Of Processors:     1
Total Number Of Cores:    2
L2 Cache:                         4 MB
Memory:                          3 GB
Bus Speed:                       800 MHz
Boot ROM Version:            IM71.007A.B03
SMC Version (system):       1.20f4
Machine Name:          PowerBook G4 12"
Machine Model:          PowerBook6,8
CPU Type:                         PowerPC G4 (1.5)
Number Of CPUs:     1
CPU Speed:                         1.5 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU):          512 KB
Memory:                              768 MB
Bus Speed:                         167 MHz
Boot ROM Version:               4.9.0f0
Thanks
D

What version of OS X is the iMac running? If per chance it is running Lion at this point, then the 3 GB of RAM is very minimal because Lion is a resource hog and increasing the RAM to the maximum 6 GB that your model version 7.1 iMac can stabley use would help it run much faster. I own the 7.1 iMac also and while Apple originally said that the Maximum RAM was 4 GB, it later was found by online vendors such as OWC and Crucial that the 7.1 was fully stable with 6 GB of RAM, which is what I have been running for years. And it certainly sped up the system. The Powerbook running OS X 10.5.7 apparently, does not need as much RAM for that version of OS.
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