Magic Trackpad incompatibility list, anyone?

Hi, I just got a magic trackpad. It works as a slow, sluggish mouse with one finger support. So obviously something is wrong. All updates are in, and stuff.
I've read COUNTLESS of posts with people having trouble with this. Some get it to work, some don't.
Could you please help me post a complete uncomatibility list with interfering software? The only one people talking about here is USB overdrive. But I don't have it, so it must be something else.
thanks
Andreas

Sorry.
It was USB Overdrive after all. An old kernel extension or something that wasn't gone after the uninstall.
USBOverdrive.kext
I'll leave it unsolved for a couple of days. So if anyone has had trouble with other software conflicting with the magic trackpad, please add it to the list, starting with USB Overdrive.
/Andreas

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