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It works the opposite way; by having a touch laptop touchers have this hilarious public shaming moment when the UI recoils away from them pawing at my display.

What's particularly weird are involuntary touchers who are physically incapable of gesturing at something on the laptop screen without touching it. Watching them lock up as they attempt to control their arms while talking is amazing, it's like they're learning to ride a bike for the first time.

Smartphones and tablets undid years of training on my coworkers to stop touching my screen.

I just gave up and now always keep a microfiber wipe or rag next to my screen.

How can we explain these people that like to point at a laptop screen with a pen? I'm mortified every time I see it.

Keep a spray bottle handy, give 'em a little spritz every time they touch the screen.

They should learn pretty quickly.

Our Dell laptops at work all have touch screens.

Running Windows 7.

(twitch)

Hear hear. This is one of the reasons why I am not even vaguely interested in a touchscreen laptop.