Mac book pro bought 6 month ago get super slow.

I bought my mac bok pro six month ago, now to boot up it takes 4-5 minutes also speed is quite slow any suggestions. have already tried downloading updates and have also installed LION.
Thanks.

You can--here is a link to some very explicit step by step instructions:
http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/14.html
The main concern would be anything you might have on Lion that would not be compatible with Snow Leopard. If your Mail is in the Lion Mail format, you may not be able to put it back into Snow Leopard successfully. So if you just upgraded to Lion, and have a recent Time Machine backup that goes back to Snow Leopard, you can restore to where you were before upgrading to Lion without losing very much.
You can also up the RAM to 8 GB yourself for about $72. I am pretty sure that OWC ships overseas. If you want to stick with lion, this might be a good option.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade/DDR3_133 3MHz_SDRAM

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