Mouse Settings

Got an iMac next to my vista desktop.
Trouble is, I hate using the Mac. Yet I need it for work.
The problem is the cursor control, I don't know if it's standard with all Macs but it has some sort of accelerator, and depending how fast I move the mouse it'll go from ultra mega super unbearable slow, then suddenly jump to the speed I set it as.
Question: How do I get rid of the accelerator effect?
I just want it to be my set speed no matter how slow I move the mouse.
I've looked everywhere for the setting that changes it. Not found a thing. Though I am new to Mac OS, so I may have missed something. Any help would be appreciated.

I have, unfortunately, no idea how to get rid of that behaviour. But I would sure like to. It's one of my biggest annoyances since moving to OSX. I switch between Tiger and OS9 daily, and OS9 offers pitch-perfect mouse control. Tiger has this weird and irritating feature that varies the mouse speed according to how fast you move your physical mouse. It's driving me crazy.
Im replying only to show sympathy with the OP, and also bumping this post. Hopefully someone can come up with a solution for it.
I googled the problem, and apparently it doesn't matter what mouse you have (I have a Logitech). Somebody here, in 2002 already:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-456.html
did temporarily solve it by manually editing some invisible preference file. I haven't tried that solution myself, but I'm not far from trying.
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This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
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