My own fix for all touch-pad problems, like it being just too slow for me, is to plug in a USB/ digital/ wheel mouse.
With that done and working, I can disable the "Synaptics" driver for the touch-pad and then I don't have to worry about me touching the pad by mistake and causing problems with what I'm doing.
And that's just one less thing I have to worry about, running in the background all the time.
Sorry, that's probably NOT what you were looking for, but hey, "Works for me!".
Cheers Mate!
The Shadow