My Mac is very slow, after installing mac OS x snow leopard

Hi
I am quite sad to note that the new Mac OS X Snow leopard software is a big let down. After installing i found my mac has become very slow, its taking a long time to process applications and stuff. It does not shut down completely, i get an error message most of the time saying i should press the power button for 5 seconds in order to shut down or off the computer completely.
Please advise should i just go back to the old version or is there a fix to this
Thanks

Did you update your applications as well? Which are slow? How much memory is installed? How full is the hard drive?

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