Why do videos freeze?

When I try to watch YouTube etc videos, they freeze up.
It doesn't matter whether I am using Firefox or Safari, and yes I have tried clearing the cache etc.
I also don't think it can be my internet connection because we have the fastest one available from our cable company, and my husband watches the same videos on his PC without incident.
I have already Repaired Disk Permissions, too.
All my software is up to date.
imac:
3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256 MB
OS X 10.8.5 (12F45)

Yes, I have Flash Player installed.
It still seems odd to me that my husband can view the same YouTube videos straight through on his PC without any freezes though. That's why I thought it might be an iMac problem.
Is there anything I can do at my end that _might_ make a diference, such as cleaning out certain files or applications?

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