Calendar Sync Taking Forever (iCal)

I'm trying to sync my iCal calendars and its taking forever to sync. I left it running for several hours and it did not stop. I fear burning the green battery in on my new iPhone's screen so I've stopped the sync several times.
I tried it on my other computer (overwriting the old information) and it worked fine. On my powerbook I can't seem to get it to work.
Could it be a problem with iCal? Is there any reset options in iCal or iLife that might help me? It's only my calendars. Contact, Bookmarks and email sync with no problem.
Thanks in advance

I experienced this problem as well, and after looking at various potential fixes, I found that I had to delete certain .plist files to make the sync function work again. This is a problem that the casual user should not have to address, and something that Apple will probably address (at least I hope) shortly.
I'm up and running again, but I do note that my troubles didn't appear until I subscribed to some calendars off of the internet. I'm not going to do that again until this issue has been resovled. There are some other threads on this board that address the specific .plist files, so I'd go there first. If you don't understand what that post tells you to do, then I'd stay away from the fix.

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