Trackpad response on my HP Stream 11 is horrific. The only reliable way to scroll is to somehow get the touchpad to admit you are trying to scroll, so that the thin scroll bar appears, then move the mouse over to the scroll bar handle and click to drag it. Triple click to start a drag action also works, once you have the handle.
I love my little HP plastic laptop. It's a plastic toy I got for $85, including a Windows 10 Pro license, and I just toss it into my bag when I want to go somewhere. Perfectly adequate for text editing. Yesterday I had Visual Studio Code, web browser with 10 tabs, Ubuntu 19.10 via WSL, and Docker desktop all shambling along. I felt like Jason Bourne driving an attack Lada.
My other Win10 device is a ThinkPad x230. Its touchpad is also limited, but has three real hardware buttons.
Mostly I use similar aged MacBook Pro or iMac with Magic Touchpad. Totally different level of quality, no comparison really.
I always wondered why pro Windows laptop users in my family only used extra USB mouse devices. Ugh. I have yet to experience a mass market Windows laptop trackpad that most people would be able to use full time.