My macbook air is suddenly running incredibly slow and lagging, meanwhile the fan turns on when I start it up and stays on full until I shut it down.. What could be the issue?

I opened up my Macbook Air and my fan started running on high and stayed on... meanwhile it was lagging so bad all of a sudden that I can barely use it.. the mouse jumps and my programs won't open, like its backed up. I cleaned up my memory recently so I know it isn't backed up. The fan stays on high from the moment I open it to whenever I shut it down. It has never done this before, what could be the problem???

Thank you, but I followed all instructions to reset the SMC and it has not helped. Looks like I'll have to take it in to Apple for repair.

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I have had my Macbook Air for a little more than 2 years. It has always worked pretty well. However, recently I went on vacation for 1 week without my laptop. When I returned home and went to turn on my computer, I noticed that it had become extremely slow. Firstly, turning on my computer has become an abnormally long process. It used to take about 2-3 minutes to turn on. Now, it takes a solid 10 minutes. Not only this, but once my computer has finally turned in, it usually takes another 10 minutes before I can open an internet browser. When I click on the browser (I used Google Chrome) no window will pop up, and after a few more clicks, my screen will freeze completely. Sometimes I will get the rainbow wheel and sometimes the screen just completely freezes without it. Sometimes I will try closing the lid of my computer and then reopening it, but when I do this, the screen stays black for a long period of time even after I have reopened it, almost as if the computer is off. After an excessive amount of key smashing and an abnormally large amount of time, the screen will finally stop being in sleep mode and show my desktop. Even then, my computer will still barely work. Once I finally get a window open and start using the internet, google chrome will end up crashing within at least 20 minutes. The entire screen will freeze, I won't be able to scroll down or exit out of the window, and I then usually have to repeat the painful process that I described above when I attempt to open my broswer.
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my macbook Suddenly Running Very slow not vey its super slow please help i am attaching Report
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