A notebook?
well you have good processor

.... try opening task manager while on the main menu, and set CIV.exe (or something like that, find the one using the most memory) to high priority, this will give the game more processor time, and may fix the problem your having.
If it is the notebook your using its more then compliable of running civ, in fact it should run it very well as the Dell Inspiron 6000(notebook) has a 2Mb cache memory(or 1 ), and Civ need lots of that
If its brand new than the harddrive should be in top form so that shouldn't slow it down and the memory should be fast....
let me know what happens

