Illustrator CS3 is pi$$ing me off

Let me express my displeasure with Illustrator CS3. I cannot tell you how many times I have wanted to put my fist through the screen in sheer frustration. I didnt have any of these problems in CS.
Crash when saving, locking up when saving, or getting pointless error messages such as "An Unknown error has occurred" - gee thanks.
I cant save as a PDF because inevitably, no matter what I try, the PDF file ends up being only 200 K and full of error messages telling me how the file was saved without the PDF compatibility flag (wrong !!!!).
I have tried the updates, I have trashed the prefs file, I have installed the Version Cue bugfix from the FAQ. None of it helped in the slightest.
What the heck can I be doing wrong ? Is 5 gigs of RAM enough to work on a 250 MB file with some effects in it ?
Mac OS X 10.5.2, CS3 latest patch, 5 gig of RAM on my quad intel.
Tom

Usually, if unchecking "Create PDF compatible file" allows you to save, there are problems with fonts that are interfering with Illustrator. This is common if you have older fonts that were installed in a previous OS, as Leopard has issues with several TrueType and Type 1 fonts that the previous versions of OSX were able to handle. Note that the problem font does NOT have to be the font your using in the file, as Illustrator loads all the fonts currently active on launch.

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