Adobe Illustrator running incredibly slowly

Hey,
I've been using Illustrator CS3 on my macbook since I bought it in 2008 and never had a problem with it. Now however it is slowing right down when I select anything, even in a new project.
I haven't installed anything new, nor have I got low disk space or damaged my mac. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?
(boring video showing what's happening)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQW8s0wj5ds

Do you have any plugins installed? If so, try removing them (and their associated plists if they have any) and see if that helps. Also bear in mind that CS3 was released in early 2007, long before Snow Leopard, is 32-bit, and not very well optimized for Intel processors. Some other things to check:
Is your primary scratch disk full or set to a non-existent drive?
Check for corrupt fonts and try turning off font previews.
If you have Scale Strokes and Effects turned on, try turning it off.

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