Not OP, but on my Windows (with Synaptics driver) and Linux laptops I usually have problems with palm detection so I get accidential random clicks (with "tap to click" enabled) and erratic scrolling and zooming. Sometimes multi-touch gestures "stick" and remain active even if there's only one finger on the touchpad. It's basically required to disable tap-to-click (but this still doesn't fix all issues where the palm detection fails).

On an older Windows laptop the Synaptics driver even came with a "Restart" button in the control panel because it was so common that the driver would hang or crash.

AFAIK Microsoft's Precision touchpad drivers are much better though, but they are not compatible with my Windows laptop.