Itunes 7.0 slow to load Shuffle

I just upgraded to 7.0 and the first time I refilled .5G Shuffle, it was ridiculously slow. (I'm not sure how long it took because I went to bed before it finished). The next time, I unchecked the option to "Convert higher bit rate ..." and the next synch was as fast as I am used to. The conversion option only added 9 additional songs (about 8%).
Apple should have defaulted this feature to be OFF.
Shuffle Windows XP Pro

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One thing I have noticed about the iPod Classic: I suspect that "shuffle" is actually a Playlist, not a real shuffle. The Classic is not as powerful as iTunes or a desktop/computer, so it cannot truely "shuffle songs". I suspect what happens is that every Sync of the Classic with its iTunes Library causes a revised "shuffle playlist" to be put on the iPod and then, when you choose Shuffle play, it actually uses that special hidden "shuffle playlist".
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