Brand New MBPr Issues From 1st Boot

Morning all,
Just purchased the top of the range 15" MBPr, (1TB SSD 16GB RAM) and have had issues with it from 1st boot.
I'm hoping I can sort these (just switched from windows) as I will have to return it if not.
On 1st power on the setup ran and locked up for 30+ minutes when trying to enable the icloud drive. It eventually completed, and after enabling FileVault (this was enabled by default) I had the issue where it kept asking for the power adapter to resume encryption even though it was plugged in.
I ended up calling Apple support who advised me, to erase the disk and reinstall OSX Yosemite from the recovery partition.
After waiting 4+ hours for the downloads to complete the reinstall had issues with drawing the pages, for example if I clicked back, the text on the page didn't change, but the dialog boxes did. I ended up powering it off and restarting the setup which did go OK. I have now enabled FileVault and sat babysitting it whilst it encrypted to ensure no issues.
I then installed the latest OSX update (10.10.1) and now shutdown takes a lot longer, the background greys out, and I get the spinning iPhone style icon (not the beach ball).
I'm really starting to lose confidence in the machine, and after spending over £2000 on it I feel it should be performing better.
Has anyone got any tips on what I do to improve things, or have they seen this before with a brand new clean build before I give up and return it?
Thanks
Darren

You can return a new Mac within 14 days of purchase.
Return it and get another one.
A new Mac is in warranty for 1 year from the date of purchase.
A new Mac comes with 90 days of free tech support from AppleCare.
AppleCare: 1-800-275-2273
Call AppleCare or take it to the Apple store to have it checked out.
Genius Bar reservation
http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/
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