Why is Indesign slow on OSX?

Ok so it isn't really slow but it sure feels like that coming from XP. I find the hand tool sluggish in Indesign and Illustrator on super fast macs which is disappointing. Why is this Adobe? And does snow leopard improve things a bit?

I noticed it on all kinds of macs and only with Adobe software. G5 quad core, Imac dual cores, macbook all running OSX tiger or leopard. Fast computers with modern hardware so I am pretty sure it's not a hardware issue. Its not that I find Illustrator or Indesign to be terribly slow but with complex documents screen redraw using the hand tool (and I use that all the time) AI or ID in OSX stutters a lot more than in XP which I find annoying when I'm working.
I actually started a thread about it on another forum and got some interesting somewhat surprising replies but not really one definite answer which probably only a Adobe programmer can provide. Sorry if I offended anyone by implying everyone here works for Adobe! ; )
Here's the thread.
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/366002250041?r=44500325004 1#445003250041
I found Shamyl Zakariya's answer very interesting.

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