Activating Multi-Touch on Older MB Pro

I have an older Macbook Pro with 2 Ghz Intel Core Duo. I read that in SL I will have the extra multi touch capabilities. How do I get these to work?
the MBP i have now allows for the two finger scroll, so wouldn't that qualify it for the new additions?

That’s a shame, was hoping it would work. Mine is a 2007 17inch MBP 2.33ghz intel core 2 duo. Was described as being multi touchpad and looks like the same. 2 fingers works well.
If it doesn’t work, may be Apple should have been a bit more careful with wording that it would work on older mac books
Cheers
Andrew

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