How can I tell which laptop touch-screens work well with a stylus (for drawing/taking notes)?

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I'm looking for a laptop with a touch-screen and stylus for drawing/note-taking.

I've read the difference between the different kinds of styluses, but that's only half the story - what about the touch-screen?

How do I know if the touch-screen supports "palm-rejection"? Or if the included stylus is a capacitive stylus or a "Wacom digitizer"? Or if the screen will even support Wacom? How can I tell how accurate the touch-screen is (from my testing, some definitely seem to have higher "resolution" than others)? Is there anything else I should be looking at?

I don't see any of this information on, for instance, the Newegg specs page for a laptop.

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