Computers so slow

I have a Macbook pro 15" summer 2012 model. Its the base i7 2.3Ghz I added 16gb ram... But this still is such a slow computer! it takes forever to load everything... I did realize that this computer was very slow out of the box. so I upgraded the memory "ram" and this machine is still very very slow... I adjusted the video card to not auto switch thinking that it might be a video issue.. but still nothing... My inlaws came over this week and I was able to use their 2006 imac "which benchmarks at 2550 on bench geek" and it was faster in opening all programs and most funcionality then my Macbook pro!!! granted it was running snow leaopard and I am running mountain lion. Can it make that much of a difference? I am just not happy with this macbook purchase.. but I have been dealing with it... which I am not sure why... I am going to wipe out my hard drive then re-install everything and see what happens. I don't know what else to do. any suggestions?

Wiping and doing a clean install will tell but it's a chore (depending on how much third party software you're running).
Have you tried testing in a fresh account, or your Guest account?
Or, have you tried starting in Safe Mode and see if the slowness still occurs?
Restart holding the "shift" key.
(Expect it to take longer to start this way because it runs a directory check first.)

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