Ditto. I even use a stylus with my tablets because I can't stand smeary finger prints on the screens. My first response to Hal was in jest (don't touch), but actually that is a solution he could have easily used.
I thought it was a perfect answer, and since he has a mouse and keyboard and has been using that, I didn’t see why the touchscreen would even be an issue for him. We had a Dell All-in-One, which was basically the same as what Hal has, except for the brand name, and it was also optional whether you used the mouse or the touchscreen. I used a combination of both, because sometimes it was easier to just touch the screen for what I was trying to do, and sometimes using the mouse worked better.
We have a Dell all-in-one in the study; it rarely gets turned on except when my husband does the bill paying, etc. a couple of times a month. Recently after a power outage it crashed and I had to reload the operating system; I was so frustrated I wanted to throw it out the window and run over it with my car. That said, as I was working with it I had actually forgotten that it was a touch screen; we never use that at all. When I ordered this new Dell laptop a few months ago, I configured it without the touchscreen. The cost wasn't much different either way but I knew I'd never use it.
Hey Ed. That was a replica of the old Mustang Motor Scooter, originally made from 1946 to 1965, now with a 250CC overhead cam engine. I keep all my work areas clean and uncluttered. This is my 127-foot O-Scale Freight Train in my game Room. Hal
I am very well aware that I could avoid using the touch screen JUST BY NOT TOUCHING IT! But I wanted that capability removed anyway! Yowzah! Hal