I was facing the same problem, but with a configuration of Eclipse 3.6 (Helios) and ADT plug-in v15.0, and Windows XP Pro (I hope you got a solution to your problem, but still, here is my view on it)- Many people have reported problems occuring with the use of any versions of Eclipse above 3.5 (Galileo) with any version of ADT. Post switching to Eclipse Galileo, the things seem to be fine, and I've not seen a "not responding" issue with any avd since then. So, you could probably try down-grading to Eclipse Galileo (the only one with support, since they've stopped support for any versions below 3.5).
Hope this helps.
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