Touchscreen Monitor for MacBook Pro

I just bought a 15" Macbook Pro with Parallels 9 and Windows 8. Can anyone recommend a touch screen monitor that I can use with my new workstation? I would like to get rid of my Dell desktop and just use the Macbook Pro for both desktop and laptop use.
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You posted in a non-MacBook Pro forum, be that as it may.... I run Windows 8.1 on my Mac and on PCs (and like it very much, thank you).
For price I saw for touchscreen, depends on what if any driver support (Apple is weak on Windows drivers) if you want to go with running Windows natively. Might want to install Windows in its own partition (what apple refers to as "Boot Camp" and has its own forum too) and then point Parallels 9 at the native Windows installation (you get dual boot and use of Windows in VM)
http://www.amazon.com/HP-Pavilion-23-inch-Touchscreen-Monitor/dp/B00F36Y9XU/

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