My itunes keeps pausing randomly + general MBP slowdown

Since a couple of days ago my MBP Intel (2010) has been playing around. iTunes keeps pausing songs then resuming them after a couple of seconds. Also, everything (Chrome, etc) seems to be slower. I can't exactly remember when it started, it seemed to be after I updated something (though i can't remember what). I've already verified/repaired permissions on disc manager. Any ideas?

I've been having the same problem for a few weeks now on my Intel iMac (late 2006 edition). In fact, my whole system is running ridiculously slow and keeps getting hung up (both in iTunes and pretty much every other function). I've upgraded to 2GB of RAM and I've run a disk utility repair, which has made some things run faster (finder and a few low profile programs like iCal), but my internet is still crazy slow (though fast on my iphone and my MacBook Pro), and all of my really useful programs (photo software, screenwriting software, internet on every platform I have, and iTunes) is still glacially slow.
And of course, the cursed iTunes pausing. It's so ridiculous I can't even sync my iPod. It just stalls and gives the wheel of death. I can't listen to newly dowloaded music through my computer and I can't put it on my iPod.
Ridiculous.

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