Create a 1,000,000 byte file with VIM.

I am trying to create a 1,000,000 byte file with VIM. The following
has VIM using 100% of _both_ my CPUs (Intel DuoCore) for almost two
hours before I killed it:
ia<esc>1000000.

/i assume that the holdup is not that 1000000 'a' characters are being
written, but rather that insert mode is being inserted and left
1000000 times. Is there a better way, other than just doing the
operation 1000 times, then copying that another 1000 times?

Thanks.

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