Files in all programs slow to open and save with Snow Leopard

Installed Snow Leopard, now all files in all programs super slow to open and save - Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark -- all now at least 4-5X slower to open files and save -- here's what I've tried so far:
repaired permissions
emptied font cache - restarted up in safe mode
re installed Snow Leopard
renamed old preferences and restarted to create new prefs
I'm hating Snow Leopard -- eeesh -- this is no upgrade, just a big waste of time and money, any ideas?

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new to discussions.
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Blythe wrote:
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Welcome to Apple's discussion groups.
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