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Thanks Scott. And Eric too. I weighed the value of having Time Machine with CPU draining hourly "back-ups" and a full external drive against having a super-fast main hard drive and an external hard drive with tons of free space. And must tell you since I disabled Time Machine my system which was a BMW is now smokin' like a Lamborghini. The difference is amazing.

Thanks. Good suggestion but doesn't solve the real problem. I have a 300GB external drive and Time Machine has filled it up. Even though I only have 160GB on my main drive. I've solved the problem - until Apple fixes the flaw - by disabling Time Machine, erasing my external drive and manually backing-up all my important files and folders. My ext. drive is now only 40% full and my main drive - free from Time Machine hourly backups - is much faster and more stable.