Someone please explain this to me .....

I received my new iBook 600 today, and oh my God this thing is amazing! Here is the question though. How in the hell is this thing visually faster than my iMac 600? Both are 10.1.2, the iMac has 1GB Ram, and the iBook has 384 MB. The iBook is 20 GB, and the iMac is 40 GB. Both are 100 MHZ bus, but the iBook friggin smokes! Any ideas? Is something wrong with my iMac?

Thanks,
Chuck

I have the iMac 600SE Flower Power with 1GB Ram, and I think it has 256k of cache. Same as the iBook except the iBook is 384 Ram. I have ran Norton on the iMac, but it is only 2 months old. And yes it was new when I bought it. I got it from smalldog, and it was still new. I can't understand why it is sooo much slower than the iBook. I mean 2 to 3 seconds slower launching iTunes and Internet Explorer.

Also, iBook 8mb ATI Rage. iMac is 16MB ATI Rage Ultra.

Well, the iBook has a slower hard drive, but I guess the info about the processor would make sense. When I say 2-3 seconds quicker I mean opening, IE and loading the home page. I am sure that I am nitpicking here, but I mean it is a visable difference, especially in the iTunes visuals. Also check this out. It is a 12.1 iBook which should have a 4x4x6x24 CDRW/DVD drive right (according to Apples site). Last night I burned a CD with it and it burned at 8X! Oh well. Abercrombie you were right, this little mother is awesome!