Ridiculously long pauses when burning

Aloha everyone. I just set up my MacMini here in the office .. did all the software updates and whatnot. I'm running 10.5.8, iTunes 8.2.1. I imported an audio CD one of our classes recorded and am trying to burn it for one of the classrooms to use. This is something I have done previously with my iMac and my MacBook. It imported fine but attempting to burn the disk is seriously burning me up. It took over 20 minutes to "check the playlist". There are 18 tracks in all of my iTunes because it's brandnew - 20 minutes is unacceptable. It paused a million times and would only push forward if I made another window active then went back to iTunes. Now it's "Preparing the Disc" as it has been for nearly an hour. It's on track 8 of 18. Seriously. What's going on???
Mind you, I wouldn't have even been aware of this now except the teacher who needs the disc was trying to burn it on her MacBookPro (just a month old, mind you) and wasn't able to burn it either due to "medium write errors".
What's going on at Apple? It's always been my computer of choice but are they attempting to move forward too quickly to stop and check up on what's already there?
Can anyone help me here ... please ... I fear if I call Apple right now I'm too ****** off to not blame the messenger - or tech support - so calling isn't such a great idea LOL. Thanks.

No one has had this issue come up at all?

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-> go Tools Menu -> Clear Recent History -> Time range to clear: select EVERYTHING -> click Details (small arrow) button -> place Checkmarks on ALL Options -> click "Clear Now"
-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> General -> ''When Firefox starts : '''select "Show My Home Page"''''' -> Type the address of the website which you want to be your HomePage e.g. http:www.google.com -> click OK
-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> Privacy -> History section -> ''Firefox will: '''select "Use custom settings for history"''''' -> PLACE CHECKMARKS on:
1) Remember my Browsing History
2) Remember Download History
3) Remember Search History
4) Accept Cookies from sites -> select "Exceptions..." button -> Click "Remove All Sites" at the bottom of "Exception - Cookies" window
4a) Accept Third-party Cookies -> under "Keep Until" select "They Expire"
-> REMOVE CHECKMARK from Last Option (CLEAR HISTORY WHEN FIREFOX CLOSES)
-> click the Favicon (small drop down menu icon) on Firefox SearchBar (its position is on the Right side of the Address Bar) -> click "Manage Search Engines" -> select unwanted search engines and click Remove -> click OK
-> go to Tools Menu -> Add-ons -> Extensions section -> REMOVE any Unwanted/Suspicious Extensions (Add-ons) -> Restart Firefox
You can enable your Known & Trustworthy Add-ons later. Check and tell if its working.

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