My mac freezes and is incredibly slow

I have a one-year-old Macbook Pro that is 15 minutes out of support coverage. It is the worse Mac I've owned in over 20 years. It is without question the S L O W E S T mac I've ever owned. I am running OS X 10.9 with 16 GB of memory.
Press the start button, here are some times I experience.
1:55 until the password screen appears
3:15 I get a message to log onto iCloud. I've never used iCloud and don't have an account.
6:00 The desktop and Dock appear.
7:00 The first application may be usable.
Applications crash all day long. Firefox is the worst. I spend a good part of the day watching the beach ball spin.
The Force Quit function rarely works.
Several times a day I must hold the power button down to forcibly shut down the computer because everything has frozen. I then have to press it again to restart.
I run Sophos anti-virus software and often run Disk Utility to verify the disk and repair permissions.
The Mac store people told me running Mountain Lion was much slower and now I cantestify Maverick is much worse.
Can Apple send me a 10.7 OS disk? Can I drop back to that OS and not lose everything on my computer?
Is Apple aware they have problems and are they trying to fix them?

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