MULTIPLE MAC BACKUPS BUT MACBOOK SLOW

We bought a 2 TB timecapsule and are backing up 2 imac's.  We have a 3rd MacBook and the backups seem really slow and seem to be backing up the whole computer every time 19 Gig instead of the changes made.  Is this norman?

Check Pondini's excellent support document....Time Machine --- Troubleshooting.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
See # D7

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