Uneven ripple when scrolling

I just got a new MacBook Pro 15" and love the new display. However, I noticed that when I scroll down (using two fingers on the pad) the scrolling is not smooth, a sort of uneven ripple. A new MacBook doesn't have this effect. Has anyone noticed this/come across this? Or is it just me?

It is a bug:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86823
It's REALLY annoying and there's nothing you can do about it and it's not due to CPU utilization.
I've found that Mail.app and Colloquy can cause this problem but I don't keep those apps open all the time - the BIGGEST offender is Safari. And seriously, not having Safari open after a reboot is retarding. I need to be able to have Safari open all day, every day, with 10 tabs. That's why I bought a macbook pro and not a Toshiba Satellite.
This is a bug. Apple needs to fix it. The answer is in the hand's of Apple's developers.

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