Upgrade to Lion issues

After upgrading, I'm experiencing a lot of issues. I want so badly to enjoy this new software but its becoming more of a headache.
1. For starters, when my computer screen saver comes on there's a slow response to get the log in screen to appear. I have to press several buttons and move my mouse around just to get it to wake up, then it shows up one pixel at a time.
2. Safari, I normally use Firefox but I love the page swipe so I switched over to Safari. I'm having issues with the response time, Safari lags and usually takes a minute or two just to recognize the command. (switching websites)
3. Then on top of that, I think resume is a great feature for some, but I turned the feature off and its still saving the pages. It takes 3 minutes just to log in and then 3 to 5 minutes to load all of the previous webpages. With the slow response from Safari, the last thing I want to do is save my previous websites.
4. Mission Control...... nice feature but very slow in response.
I have a 2008 iMac, with 4GB of RAM
Overall I'm not happy with the new upgrade and I'm thinking about going back to Snow Leopard.

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