This is a nice excuse to start using ctrl + [ rather than esc key. It is even better if you remap your caps lock key to ctrl. :)
In non-english keyboards [ is often behind some key combination (e.g. altgr - 8). Compared to just clicking esc (or remapped caps lock) it is difficult for me to see how people with these keyboards would be willing to go for ctrl-[.
Now might be a good time to rebind Caps-Lock to Esc.
caps lock is for control!
(or control ;))
I use ctrl-C instead of escape anyways so I don't care.
No problem! The world is full of laptop manufacturers.