Seriously!!!..why is Leopard dock, dashboard, expose so choppy???

On my brand new MBP 2.2 2GB ram, all of the graphics that were nice and smooth on Tiger are choppy and sluggish. Dock, dashboard transition, expose is choppy. I must admit I am extremely dissapointed. I have seen others experience this on forums, and it kind of makes OSX Leopard look like...well...windows.
Apple...PLEASE fix this quickly. It is soo frustrating when coming from a perfectly running Tiger...

Hi,
Since you use Cisco router you probably have a fair amont of network knowladge.
1. Make sure that all Macs are on the same LAN behing the Time Capsule (LAN side not WAN side). Also it helps if the Time Capsule is the DHCP server on the network. I suspect youmay have your Cis co doing this.
2. Make sure the time capsule is up to date - it should be if you do not ignore update messages on the Mac you run Airport to configure the TC.
3. In the Airport utility go to the Disk tab and enable File Sharing. Ideally password protected but not essential if you feel safe.
Provided you have all this sorted it shoudl work.
I have seen networks with Cisco routers where Apple computers where struggling to find themselves. This is down to broadcast issue Cisco / Apple.
But properly configured it should work.
TZ

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