My Macbook Pro feels slow and the hard drive is making a faint rattling noise.

I'm seriously considering taking it back to the Apple Store. I've had it for just over 4 months.
The hard drive is a lot louder than it used to be and rattles faintly.
I used to be able to open various large applications like Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Fireworks for web design all at once, and each application worked fine transferring different files from one to the other.
I'm really disappointed that after 4 months my MacBook Pro feels like an ordinary laptop. It's embarrassing to think I paid £1000 for something that will decrease in performance ability over such a short period of time.
I repair disk permissions, have 15% + free space on my hard drive, empty the recycle bin, pretty much everything that should help un-clog the system.
I have also use compressed air to blow dust out of the fans and around the insides of my MacBook Pro. (No I have not damaged anything, the noise is roughly the same as it was BEFORE I took the MacBook apart), and still no luck.
Any help, suggestions or even sharing a similar experience would be appreciated!
Thanks!

I woulg take it back to the store, the HD could have issues, it might be loose, I hope they don't void your warranty because you opened it

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