ITunes "stutter" when switching windows

This problem is a bit strange, so I'll explain it as best I can.
iTunes runs normally (albiet, slowly as usual, it IS still bloated iTunes) while I have its window selected, but if i click on the desktop, internet, or any other window and then click back to iTunes whatever song is playing stutters for a second, my mouse lags, and then everything returns to normal. Anything else continues running normally while this happens. My first thought was that I didn't have enough RAM, but 2gigabytes should be plenty to handle about a 1100 song library (no video, a few podcasts, no pictures). I have a 2ghz processor. The strangest part is, I noticed that, while importing a cd, I could switch from the desktop to the iTunes window without any stutter. The second importing stopped, however, the stutter began again. I'm completely stumped, anybody have any solutions or should I try to use WMP again?

Someone posted on problems with the Sophos virus checker yesterday if that is any use:
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