Mavericks is to Apple as Vista was to Microsoft

This OS is a major step back.  It is so slow and nothing is done without a beachball.  I guess you get what you pay for.  If I could easily go back to Mountain Lion, I would.  I use nothing that is new other than the finder tabs.  I hope this year they come out with something better even if you have to pay for it.

I have been running now for about a month with my clean install.  I do not see any improvement.  I am probably 5/6 months removed from running ML, but This just seems much slower.  I have been toying with upgrading memory from my 8GB to 16GB and thought about SSD.  This system should be capable of better performance.  Any other suggestions would be appreciated.  Mid 2012 Macbook Pro running 10.9.2. 
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1
          1 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 0 days 1:36:45
Disk Information:
          APPLE HDD HTS727575A9E362 disk0 : (750.16 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.3 GB (281.97 GB free)
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8 
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
          [running] com.crashplan.engine.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist Support
          [loaded] com.timesoftware.timemachineeditor.backup-auto.plist Support
          [loaded] com.timesoftware.timemachineeditor.helper.plist Support
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
          [running] com.vladalexa.MagicPrefs.plist Support
User Login Items:
          Dropbox
          Google Drive
          Google Chrome
          Android File Transfer Agent
          CrashPlan menu bar
Internet Plug-ins:
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 Support
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 Support
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.1.0.0 Release - SDK 10.7 Support
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Mismatch! Oracle recommends Java 7 Update 55
Safari Extensions:
          Pocket: Version: 1.7.1
          LastPass: Version: 3.1.9
          Open in Internet Explorer: Version: 1.0
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player  Support
          MagicPrefs  Support
          Xmarks for Safari  Support
Time Machine:
          Mobile backups: OFF
          Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 697.84 GB Disk used: 435.23 GB
          Destinations:
                    GoFlex Home Backup [Network] (Last used)
                    Total size: 2 
                    Total number of backups: 47
                    Oldest backup: 2013-09-28 08:03:50 +0000
                    Last backup: 2014-04-25 05:17:41 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Adequate
                              Backup size 2  > (Disk used 435.23 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
               3%          WindowServer
               1%          fontd
               1%          Google Chrome
               0%          Google Drive
               0%          AddressBookSourceSync
Top Processes by Memory:
          287 MB          mds_stores
          197 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          139 MB          CrashPlanService
          139 MB          Google Chrome
          131 MB          WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
          3.49 GB          Free RAM
          2.89 GB          Active RAM
          675 MB          Inactive RAM
          976 MB          Wired RAM
          888 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

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