Adjustment Layer Issue in CS3 & new Mac Pro

anyone having the following issue:
when adding an adjustment layer to a file I get a spinning beachball for 10-30 seconds before the adjustment layer is applied. Strange behaviour never seen before. New Mac Pro Dual Quad 3.2ghz, 10gb Ram, Nvidia Gefore 8800GT.
S.O.S.
Thx!

How did you update to 10.5.3?
Via Software Update; or from the COMBO?
[I notice that MacFixit are also now strenuously urging people to stay away from SU and to use the COMBO instead.
[Pace Stockholm!]
And did you run DiskWarrior and Repair permissions both before and after you installed the new software?

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