Macbook OS X streaming movie lag...

When I'm using my macbook to watch streaming movie on FOX and the movie it lag a lot. But when I run virtual Windows and the movie play just like it should. Please help me trouble shoot this problem. I'm a Macnoob here =) Running Windows wasn't my choice =(
2.16ghz 1gb/ram Core2duo

P.s.  By "lagging" I mean that sometimes my entire screen freezes (and I may or may not be able to move the mouse, the mouse may or may not turn into the dreaded pinwheel), sometimes its just a program/app, sometimes finder/dock/corner-shortcuts will freeze and i'll be able to use a program/app (like firefox or textedit) while I wait for lag to pass.. but usually, a freezing in a program/app will be followed by the freezing of finder/dock/corner-shortcuts/bar-at-the-top, or vica versa, and everything will just freeze. (Ugh, my computer froze multiple times while trying to add this edit - with the longest lag/freeze lasting about 5 minutes, I believe - which is why I missed the 15 min time frame to edit my post.)

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