Snow Leopard-track pad difference

Have a new (post June 2009) 15" macbook pro. After installing the new op, it seems that my trackpad is not as responsive as before. Also, as stated in a different post, the dock did not turn black at the bottom of the screen. Minor stuff, I know

nikkor nick wrote:
I have noticed the same thing.
seems to be when i do single clicks. makes feel like I have to click a second time and that my track pad is breaking. thing is...never had this problem with any of about 10 macbook pros and it happend the same day i installed snow leopard. it's driving me crazy.
hope apple reads this and fixes it today.
I've been trying to find a reference to this. My track pad is behaving the same way after the Snow Leopard upgrade. An annoying number of times I have to do a second tap for it to register a click. The other gestures seem to work properly but the tap to click is definitely less sensitive. I don't believe there's a setting for this that can be adjusted.
John

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