ITunes skips on my Mac

I have read about this problem on Windows machines, but not on the Mac. I have a new MacBook Pro with enough processing power for anything imaginable, and I am getting a lot of skipping with iTunes 7.3. It doesn't occur with all songs - I can't figure out anything common to the songs it does occur with. It occurs both with iTunes downloads and songs I have ripped from my CDs. I have tried some of the PC suggestions, such as turning off the equalizer and sound enhancer, with no luck. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
MacBook Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.10)  

Does iTunes skip when Safari is not running? I have had audio playback problems on every Mac I've used when Safari is open, so I no longer use that browser. The cause of your playback problem may be different, and it's a good start that you've disabled a couple of the extra effects in iTunes already. In addition to what you've disabled already, you might as well turn off Crossfade playback (basically unnecessary now that iTunes has gapless playback) and Sound Check to see if that helps.

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