Just give them a pat on the shoulder and tell them not to use their laptops in future - oh and spare a minute to monitor the instruments - there's good chaps.
You either choose a system that is reactive or one that is pre-active. If the system is pre-active then you can't after the fact plead for a reactive system.
i.e.
We will penalise pilots if their actions could cause an accident - pre-active.
We will penalise pilots if their actions cause an accident - reactive.
A presentation of any kind on a notebook is designed to hold your attention, both pilots took a gamble that whatever they were viewing would not steal their attention away from flying the aircraft, and they lost.
They broke the Dirty Harry rule, "A man has to know his limitations".
It wasn't like the notebook fell open in front of them and they made a bad choice. They both introduced a risk to the flight that was not already present. They then gambled that an attention seeking device would not keep their attention away from flying the aircraft. If they had known their limitations they would still have their licences. If they had known their limitations then they could have achieved what they were trying to do without putting the flight in danger.