CS3 on Snow Leopard... slow slow slow

Just recently updated to Snow Leopard (iMac, intel dual, 2G ram), Photoshop is working but very slow... feel like as if it's in 1995. Don't know if this mean anything... showing on Activity Monitor, PS runs 1.9G ram... with a 20mb file open. It took, roughly, 1 min 36 second to open a 23mb file with only Mail and Safari open. Also, I cut and past a jpg image from PPT back to PS, it crashed a few times (crash = hang, I force quite it). Then it worked when reopen sometimes restart the system. It just doesn't feel right to me (I don't have data to support it but I think it was working nicely before Snow Leopard).
I know I am behind... still on CS3... I thought about update to CS4 but a lot of complains I read were mostly from people already have CS4. It made me think that it's not worth it, at least for now.
Get rid of Snow Leopard is the only solution?
Anybody has any suggestions?
Thanks

I posted my issue on Apply's site as well... here is one answer:
CS3 is not completely compatible with Sno. And, Adobe is not supporting CS3 on Sno. Some have more problems with CS3 than other on CS3. Perhaps, you are one of the unlucky ones. You could try some standard fixes for problems (see below), but you may end up needing to get CS4 or go back to Leopard for CS3 happiness.
1. Get OnyX and perform any deferred maintenance you think you may need.
2. Repair permissions and disk, the first from your desktop and the second using your install DVD.
3. Try resetting your PRAM/NVRAM. If everything isn't fixed, then follow the steps here including resetting your SMC if necessary.
4. Use Font Book to eliminate bad and duplicate fonts.
5. Reinstall (or install for the first time) the .6.1 and .6.2 updates by downloading and installing the combo updater.
6. Reinstall 10.6 using you Sno install DVD by installing Sno over Sno using the upgrade method. Test your system after returning to 10.6. If is good there, then you may not want to install the updates, .6.1 and .6.2. But, if you do, then use the combo updater again.
The time to do what this list says may well cover the cost for CS4.
Is CS4 working nicely on Snow Leopard... as well as CS3 on Tiger? I'll pay if that's true... or should I wait for the next update?
Thanks!

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