How dangerous to a computer is touching the screen?

mhandelman1 · mhandelman1 #1 (**permalink**)

07-27-2010, 09:10 PM

Someone I know accidentally touched (with her finger) the screen of my MacBook, how dangerous is that to the screen/computer?

schweb · schweb #2 (**permalink**)

07-27-2010, 09:18 PM

It's fine

McYukon · McYukon #3 (**permalink**)

07-27-2010, 09:24 PM

Apart from making it dirty and full of finger prints it won't harm the screen/computer.

mknabster · mknabster #4 (**permalink**)

07-29-2010, 09:47 AM

Depends on the pressure of how hard you're touching it, obviously if you punch or poke really hard it, something's going to happen, but just touching it won't do anything.

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mknabster #4 (permalink)
Member Since: May 22, 2007 Posts: 893 Mac Specs: 15in MBP 2.5GHz Core2Duo \| 1.83Ghz Dual G5 PowerMac \| 2.0 GHz Dual G5 PowerMac	07-29-2010, 09:47 AM Depends on the pressure of how hard you're touching it, obviously if you punch or poke really hard it, something's going to happen, but just touching it won't do anything. -Matt
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Member Since: Jun 26, 2010 Posts: 20	07-27-2010, 09:10 PM Someone I know accidentally touched (with her finger) the screen of my MacBook, how dangerous is that to the screen/computer?
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