New MacBook Pro is slow?

My new MacBook Pro is very slow. It has the most advanced hardware so it should be faster. If it goes down to "rest mood" where the screen goes black it takes more than a minute to get back again. The computer is less than two months old.
What am I doing wrong? I have nearly nothing stored on the computer and no heavy programs at all so far.
Thanks

Time for a trip to the Apple store genius bar. Your MBP is still under warranty and should be FAST!
Ciao.

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Change your router channel number. Most times this works & is all you have to do.
See KB Articles: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1401 AirPort troubleshooting guide
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712 Using network locations in Mac OS X
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System Preferences>Network
Click the Assist Me button.
In the next window that pops up, click the Diagnostic button & do the necessary.
If using one of Apple's routers, run the Airport Utility app which is located inside the Utilities folder.
If using a 3rd party router, read its user manual and/or contact their tech support/forums.
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If using Apple's Airport, please re-post over in one of the AirPort Forums.
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Since your MBP is "new," take advantage of your 90 days of FREE phone tech support from Apple. Faster than waiting for responses on a message board!

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