My Mac Book Does not shut down

I got a top of the line MacBook in March 2011, paid some $3000. It has had a problem from the beginning and unfortunately the dealer convinced me at the time it was a random happening so i did not return it immediately. But it is really intolerable.
When i try to turn it off, if i have used any programs, it goes to the blue screen but then the circle thing can be going forever and it never completely turns off and it heats up, even if i have quit all programs and nothing but the finder is running. I have to force shut off by pressing five buttons at the same time, including on/off button. It is irritating. At first i thought it was just an inconvenience at shut down, but increasingly the fan is working full time and so loudly all the time and when it does this i know it will not shut down. Shutting applications does not fix it. I have to turn it off, and go through the routine of forcing shut down. When using several applications i think it is slow for a macbook and apps go into loops of non-responding. For a mac with 8GB of memory, an i7 processor, it is not good enough. I am increasingly thinking that all the problems are linked. After 15 months of denial i have had enough of it.
I have used macs since the 1990s and i am more than fed up with the number of lemons i have had from Apple. I just did not want to believe that this is another one. Just not good enough. SInce 2011 i have bought 8 ipods for presents, an ipad and this macbook. Lemons made me go away from macs but i came back.
Anyone having similar problems?

Just as an experiment, try resetting the SMC (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964).
If that doesn't work, maybe someone else can come up with something. Did you buy AppleCare? I would have insisted on a fix during the first year of warranty, but if you bought AppleCare, you can always make an appointment at a Genius Bar and take it in (even if you don't have AppleCare, take it in - they won't charge you to diagnose the problem - just to fix it).
Clinton

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