I had the exact same problem. I was very dissapointed of Chrome, until I reforma...

sebastianavina on Dec 13, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google is working on integrating terminal emulator...

I had the exact same problem. I was very dissapointed of Chrome, until I reformated my computer, when Chrome updated the bookmarks it became slow and buggier... that's when I deleted all of the bookmarks of the Bookmarks Bar, and VOILA!, Chrome was reborn for me.