An information handling system (10; 300; 400; 500; 1200) comprising: a processor; a first housing (310; 1210) including a first display operable to detect a touch device hovering above the first display; a second housing (320; 1220) including a second display operable to detect the touch device hovering above the second display, wherein the second housing (320; 1220) is coupled to the first housing (310; 1210) by a hinge mechanism; wherein the first and second display (125; 135) each comprise a hover-sensitive touch-screen display operable to operate at a hover sensitivity selected from among a plurality of hover sensitivity levels associated with a plurality of power levels; wherein the information handling system is operable to: detect a first orientation of the first housing (310; 1210); detect a second orientation of the second housing (320; 1220) relative to the first housing (310; 1210); detect a first application running on the information handling system; determine a usage mode based on the first orientation, on the second orientation and on the first application; set a first hover sensitivity for the first display to a first power level selected from the plurality of power levels, based upon the usage mode; and set a second hover sensitivity for the second display to a second power level selected from the plurality of power levels, based upon the usage mode; wherein the first hover sensitivity corresponds to the resolution of detecting the location of the touch device hovering over the first display; and wherein the second hover sensitivity corresponds to the resolution of detecting the location of the touch device hovering over the second display. a processor; a first housing (310; 1210) including a first display operable to detect a touch device hovering above the first display; a second housing (320; 1220) including a second display operable to detect the touch device hovering above the second display, wherein the second housing (320; 1220) is coupled to the first housing (310; 1210) by a hinge mechanism; wherein the first and second display (125; 135) each comprise a hover-sensitive touch-screen display operable to operate at a hover sensitivity selected from among a plurality of hover sensitivity levels associated with a plurality of power levels; wherein the information handling system is operable to: detect a first orientation of the first housing (310; 1210); detect a second orientation of the second housing (320; 1220) relative to the first housing (310; 1210); detect a first application running on the information handling system; determine a usage mode based on the first orientation, on the second orientation and on the first application; set a first hover sensitivity for the first display to a first power level selected from the plurality of power levels, based upon the usage mode; and set a second hover sensitivity for the second display to a second power level selected from the plurality of power levels, based upon the usage mode; wherein the first hover sensitivity corresponds to the resolution of detecting the location of the touch device hovering over the first display; and wherein the second hover sensitivity corresponds to the resolution of detecting the location of the touch device hovering over the second display. detect a first orientation of the first housing (310; 1210); detect a second orientation of the second housing (320; 1220) relative to the first housing (310; 1210); detect a first application running on the information handling system; determine a usage mode based on the first orientation, on the second orientation and on the first application; set a first hover sensitivity for the first display to a first power level selected from the plurality of power levels, based upon the usage mode; and set a second hover sensitivity for the second display to a second power level selected from the plurality of power levels, based upon the usage mode; wherein the first hover sensitivity corresponds to the resolution of detecting the location of the touch device hovering over the first display; and wherein the second hover sensitivity corresponds to the resolution of detecting the location of the touch device hovering over the second display.