Ubuntu 13 on VirtualBox 4.2 slow

Installed lastest Ubuntu on a VirtualBox VM and things were crawling. Internets had many variations on the same theme. I found this to be the best:

http://www.typicaltips.com/2013/02/ubuntu-lags-in-virtualbox-solution.html

Note: Parallels didn’t have the same issue. But, I gotta tell you … I’m not in love with Parallels.