Preview hangs on opening EPS files

Hi,
I have posted this question several times now, and I still hope to solve the problem. When I open an eps file Preview tells me that it will convert it to a pdf. It does that for ever or until I quit Preview.
I have already checked my fonts with Font book, but that didn't help.
I would really like to write my PhD thesis in LaTeX using eps graphics.
In the hope of a good answer thanks in advance,
Kurt
12 PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

IF you control-click on the file you want to open,
you can pick which application will be used to open
the file with.
This doesn't help?
I've gone into the .eps file's Get Info window and changed things so that all .eps files open in TeXShop. Right-clicking an .eps file gives me four choices: Preview, ColorSync, OpenOffice, and TeXShop. Preview and ColorSync hang, and OpenOffice doesn't display the figure properly. TeXShop is the only one that displays it correctly.
This raises two questions in my mind:
1) Which apps DO correctly render .eps files?
2) Is the hanging in ColorSync related to the hanging in Preview? ColorSync renders .pdf files correctly.
Jim
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