Slow response on mac book pro and mountain lion

Over the past few months I have noticed that my MAC Book Pro is starting to act like a Windows machine. Freezing, slow response, Applications not responding, etc.
I have tried the typical HW reset, removing cache, added anti virus etc but if anything seems to be worse. Any suggestions?
4Gb RAM, 750G drive 170G used. Typically use Office 11 Powerpoint, Excel, Word, Outlook, Safari, Jabber, Chrome, WebEx.

Two other things you can try:
PRAM reset: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11243
SMC reset: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

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