Finder slow in showing contents after start up

I have a brand new Macbook Pro Retina (late 2013) and this is my first mac. So far it is a great computer besides the keypad and trackpad freeze issue. I am not sure if this is normal, but my finder takes about 30 seconds to show the contents after stratup, this happens also when I log out and log back in. I tried looking up the issue and tried few things others have suggested
1) removed all programs under login items
2) removed com.apple.finder.plist from library/preferences
3) Indexed hackintosh HD, by adding and then removing it - spotlight privacy settings
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just follow below steps and your problem solved:
System Preferences > Network > Select you internet service (be it Airport, Ethernet etc) then click advanced tab > Select DNS and enter the settings
Google server settings are- 8.8.8.8
Another option is to try turning off IPv6:
In System Preferences --> Network -> choose the Ethernet tab in the far left column --> Advanced button -> TCP/IP tab --> Configure IPv6: dropdown menu, choose Off --> Okay button.
The reason that turning IPv6 off may improve performance is that some DNS servers do not properly respond to IPv6 requests. As a result, your computer has to time out waiting for a response and then try a secondary DNS server.
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