I haven't used Mac Touchpads much yet, but every time I do use one the acceleration feels extremely weird.
On my laptop the touchpad does pretty much behave how I expect it to behave.
Also, a Netbook I bought 2008 or so had two-finger scroll. True, many backwards notebook manufacturers were behind the times but most just have been using the standard synaptics hardware I think. The windows drivers have the scroll area preconfigured by default but then the scrolling behaviour with the synaptics tool is pretty bad no matter how you configure it.
On linux synaptics touchpads are just fine (for me).
You need to use one for a bit and fiddle with the settings. Most store models have the speed jacked up and I can understand why you'd feel it's weird. Once you get it adjusted to your liking, I've never used a trackpad that remotely compares... Everything is incredibly smooth. Clicking on the trackpad itself, including right clicking... genius. Gestures are simple and intuitive. Two-finger scroll is just buttery smooth and precise, and to top it off the two-finger back/forward.
As I said, with xf86-input-synaptics I can't complain about my notebooks touchpad. Two finger scroll is ok in both directions. I don't really need the "genius" of mac touchpads as tapping on the touchpad will be a "left click", a two finger tap will be a middle click and a three finger tap will be a middle click.
On my laptop the touchpad does pretty much behave how I expect it to behave.
Also, a Netbook I bought 2008 or so had two-finger scroll. True, many backwards notebook manufacturers were behind the times but most just have been using the standard synaptics hardware I think. The windows drivers have the scroll area preconfigured by default but then the scrolling behaviour with the synaptics tool is pretty bad no matter how you configure it.
On linux synaptics touchpads are just fine (for me).