Why does Adobe Illustrator take so long to generate previews for glows?

I was trying out the option accessed via effects tab > stylize > outer glow on one of the images (made out of a combination of filled pen tool shapes) on my vector layer.
This same image had previously been selected and had the 'object > live paint > make' option applied to it so that I could shade inside it.
Anyway, when I applied the glow and opted for 'preview', every time I slid the bar on any of the three options offered it would take at least half a minute to generate the glow preview.
Basically, a new window would come out with a loading bar (titled 'Gaussian Blur') and the loading bar would load over and over, eventually generating the desired preview, but it would take a sizeable amount of time.
Why is this happening only in illustrator? Photoshop has a similar function, but the previews there load much faster (in the fraction of a second, can be said to be immediate, and there isn't even enough time for a loading bar to show up!) Is there any way to prevent these slow preview loading times in illustrator?

I am afraid the answer is: Upgrade to Illustrator CS6.
Gaussian blurs are much faster.

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