New Core i5 IMac from Core 2 Duo 24".....spinning wheel

Hi - Just got two days ago the 27" i5 - reinstalled all prior applications I owned (FCE 4.0, iWork, Office 2008) connected separate fire-wire 800 drives (1 is Time Machine the other is for iTunes media)- overall, love it - I keep noticing something and it occurs mostly with iTunes - this thing seems to choke up when I scroll through my library or even when a song is playing it sometimes skips or acts weird. I know a lot of folks on the boards are having/were having screen issues - mine seems fine. This just seems very odd based on how fluid my old machine was and this has a lot more horsepower. Any thoughts?
Thanks.
Steve

Monitor your CPU usage with your Activity Monitor in your Utilities folder. See if any process is sucking a lot of power.
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it smokes your old 2.0 ghz G5 dual??
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