My macbook pro I got for Christmas 2010 is all of a sudden running slow. What can I do?

I got my Macbook pro Christmas 2010. ll of a sudden it has started running slow. Can someone please help me?

Pawleys1 wrote:
I got my Macbook pro Christmas 2010. ll of a sudden it has started running slow. Can someone please help me?
Some more information will be very helpful.
Which version of OS X is running?
What happened last before the MacBook became slow?
Software installed or deleted?
Other major changes on the system?
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