Spot heal/clone tool problem

Hello, I thought when I upgraded to LR4 that my problems with the spot tool would be a thing of the past.  Unfortunately they are just as bad if not worse.  I run on a Windows 7, 64 bit, 2.6 GHz, 6 GB RAM.  Using the spot tool to clone or heal slows things down considerably (though I do notice a little slowing in general with version 4).  The longer I use the tool, the worse it is.  I start to get strange partial square shapes under the spot when I try to modify it in any way (e.g. move it a bit or change from heal to clone).  I then need to delete the spot and start over to get rid of it.  Results get uneven, and eventually the program freezes, with a clenched fist for the cursor, and I can't move any spots, or even click anything in the program (though the cursor does move).  Any ideas what the problem could be?  I do not want to use the tool at all now, which given how important it is, begs the question why am I even using this program to edit photos?

Not many, maybe 8-10 or so.  But it depends on how much I've been doing two things at once, how fast I'm moving, how long I've been working (longer I'm on it, more chance of it happening).  Seems like my computer can only deal with Lightroom when I use it at a certain, measured pace.  And I thought I was comfortably over the minimum requirements regarding speed.  Plenty of room on my hard drive (catalog on a different drive than program).  My antivirus isn't doing anything at the time, no other programs working at the time, just LR.  One thing, the fan is working OT when it happens, but I have the laptop on a cooling pad.  Seems to be getting behind and/or running out of RAM when it happens.

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