I have a touchscreen desktop, and I would say that the touchscreen in a laptop would be the same. I play games on the touchscreen desktop while incorporating the touch into the game. However, depending on the game, it might not be a good idea. I play world of warcraft, and touchscreen for that isn't as good as it should be. You touch to far to the side, you start going around in circles, lol. So I rather just use mouse & keyboard for most games, rather than touch -- unless its a game optimized for touch.