Itunes 9.0.2 ridiculously slow

I am by no means the first person to post on this topic, but after reading through countless threads that all lead to the same frustrating "Where is Apple??" conclusion, I thought I would post my own thread to see if any light has been shed on the subject yet. Problem: Itunes freezes on that annoying spinning wheel nearly everytime a track is changed or other formerly simple tasks (like clicking on a playlist) are attempted.
I've tried turning off "Keep songs and folders organized" as well as Genius and many of the other functions in 'Preferences'. I also uninstalled and re-installed Itunes, but the problem persists. Any solutions yet? (like a new version of Itunes!)
Also, my Itunes library reads 83gigs in the actual Itunes window, but the music folder I dragged and dropped into it is 90gigs. I haven't noticed any songs missing yet that were in my old library (didn't write down the size of the library or number of songs, doh!), but could anyone tell me if this is normal or if there is a way to check what that 7gig difference actually is? (preferably without deleting the entire library and reloading it again..)
Help!

Also, my Itunes library reads 83gigs in the actual Itunes window, but the music folder I dragged and dropped into it is 90gigs. I haven't noticed any songs missing yet that were in my old library (didn't write down the size of the library or number of songs, doh!), but could anyone tell me if this is normal or if there is a way to check what that 7gig difference actually is? (preferably without deleting the entire library and reloading it again..)
Open the itunes folder and check. I see that in my folder the album artwork takes up 1 GB of space. The itunes window probably just displays the space taken up by the media files.

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