IPhoto 11 unusably slow

Yes, I've seen the other posts.
iBook 2.1GHz, 4GB RAM, 500 GB drive, over 200 GB free. 10.7.4 fully patched. iPhoto 9.2.3
iPhoto starts with in as muc as 15 se, but is immediately unusably slow. Any click on any item in the UI causes a spinning beachball and the action takes 20 to 30 seconds to complete. Scrolling is essentially impossible. Menu actions are somewhat faster, taking 5 to 10 seconds to respond. Activity Monitor shows it using only a few percent CPU throughout, although there a brief spikes into the 30's which quickly fade. Over 2.2 GB of 4GB of RAM is free throughout, no major disk or network activity.
I have:
rebuilt the library, thumbnails, and permissions
turned off spotlight for the entire Picture directory
never had Bootcamp installed
Open to any suggestions.

Hi There
I have also had the same problem with iPhoto 11 after the latest update. I have ordered new RAM and have tried all the above steps. Nothing has worked so far.
I note that photostream is using almost all of my CPU which would explain wht everything takes forever to respond if it ever does. The strange thing is that I have photostream turned off on my iPhone and Ipad, and also don't have any of the boxes ticked in the photostream tab in preferences. I am not sure what photostream is trying to do when it is not even turned on. Any suggestions would be welcome and I will keep everyone posted if I find the fix as this appears to be causing the issue.
Regards
Graham

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