Unexplained hangs after Leopard reinstallation

I had to reinstall Leopard because it was causing some problems with my .Mac account and Quicktime wasn't playing movies. Not sure what reinstalling fixed both those problems, but now I've noticed that different programs would suddenly freeze up for a few seconds. Sometimes I can use other programs, sometimes it's just really slow.
I've tried isolating the problem to see if it was unique to any particular software, but it seems to happen to any: Firefox, iTunes, Entourage, iMovie, Quicktime.
I have a MacBook Pro, 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM 2.4 GHz
Any suggestions?

Where would I find these things? (Sorry, I'm newish to the Mac)
I'm noticing that it hangs up often when I'm doing searches on my Mac. Not sure if that's the only time it hangs up, but it definitely hangs up when I'm searching. What might that suggest? My laptop is relatively empty. It still has about 120 GB (out of 200) free.

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