[dlloyd]

Oh quit whining!
There are articles all over which state quite clearly: OS X isn't as fast as OS 9 on a comparible machine.
For most of us, however, the slight performance hit is more than made up for in the stability and ease of use that it has over OS 9.
I must say though, it seems like your OS it quite messed up. For most people (including me) drag-and-drop works fine.
Now think about this: does the slowdown, while annoying, actually cause you to lose more time than the crashes and incompatibilities of OS 9 did?
If you can't use OS X nicely on your computer, either cough up and buy a new one, or go back into OS 9 until you can. One other option would be for you to buy a processor upgrade card. That wouldn't be as expensive as a new computer, but it would give you a big performance boost.
In short, don't come trolling around this forum complaining because OS X is a little slower then OS 9 on a very border-line machine for it anyway.