My trackpad is sluggish vertically

Thank you for the response. I hate to say it, but the pressure I'm applying doesn't seem to be the problem. I've tried playing with how I use the trackpad, doesn't make a difference. Sometimes it moves slowly, sometimes for a long stroke it will barely move across the screen.

Very annoying.

Thanks for the response, any other ideas out there? I think I am gonna take my computer back to the story on Monday... VERY frustrating.

After just two days of owning a computer with this problem, scowering the internet for a solution, and finding no help on the apple website, I think I have found my solution:

I am taking this computer back to the store and returning it.

And I'm probably going to be taking on a whole new set of problems when i upgrade to the macbookpro 15.

Martin,
I find the "get a usb/bluetooth mouse" solution unacceptable, as I do that article by apple. This idea that my hands are dirty, or that I am using the trackpad incorrectly, or jewelry is the culprit is ridiculous to someone who's been using mac laptops since the 520c came out. They should take responsibility for the fact that, after exectuting every solution available (PRAM reset, cleaning trackpad, using the trackpad correctly), this is a problem of their creation.

Getting a mouse ignores the fact that there's still a problem with the computer! A laptop is exactly what it says it is... for use on the lap. A mouse, for somene who doesn't have the space available (aka, I'm on a plane all the time), isn't a solution for someone bought a computer (less than two days ago, mind you) expecting one of it's funamental parts to work.

The solution of "ignore the problem by getting a mouse" is tantamount to saying "it's okay for you to sell me something that doesn't work".

I've continued to fool around with the computer, and am now experiencing keys that sometimes do not register that they've been pressed (I've had to go back several times through the writing of this post to correct the errant keystrokes).

This piece of brand new junk is going back to the store on monday. They've made this my problem at my work this weekend (use my laptop for work). So I'm going to make it their problem again, until they get me a machine that works. TWO DAYS, and I'm having this kind of problem? Ridiculous.

They don't build them like they used to...

(sorry for the frustrated tone... )

I took my computer back to applestore... and within moments of touching my computer, the tech evaluated it as a dud.

They gave me a new one, and low and behold... no trackpad issues anymore.

He said these trackpad keyboard issues are not all that uncommons, so I suggest if you're having the problem... and you've washed your hands as the apple website speculates might be the problem...
Go return/get it serviced. It's probably apples fault.