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Don't forget you can "tailer" most of the text, icons, etc. sizes under
Display Settings/Appearence/Advanced.
For example, I run 19" at 1280x1024 but do find the default text and icons
size to small to see easily. Therefore, I go into above mentioned dialog box
and change icon size/space to 48 and almost all the various text sizes to 10
from 8. I then end up with more "full page" web pages and can more easily
read menus, list boxes etc. etc.
"Mack" <Mack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4662E754-5109-4B14-9700-58EB00C3CA08@microsoft.com...
> Hi Dave, I understood the other answers but your answer was really what I
> was asking about. I guess on a 19" monitor it would be ok to use 1024 x
> 768.
> The text is a little small but at least I don't have to use the botton
> scroll bar as often when viewing some web pages. Thanks for the great
> answer. Mack
>
> "Dave Hart" wrote:
>
>> Mack
>>
>> It's a compromise between how much you can get
>> on the screen, and how easily you can read it.
>> My PC can display up to 1280 x 1024, but I use 1024 x 768
>> because I can't read the screen at the higher resolution.
>> Try various settings and see what's comfortable for you.
>>
>> Dave Hart
>>
>> "Mack" <Mack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C897BAB3-81FA-4AF1-9BE7-3036521DEA2F@microsoft.com...
>> > This is such a basic question I'm embarrassed to post it here but
>> > what's
>> the
>> > difference between 800x600, 1024x768, etc. screen resolutions? It
>> > seems
>> to
>> > me that the higher the resolution the smaller the text, picture, etc.,
>> > and
>> > the harder it is to see on your screen, yet most people prefere the
>> > higher
>> > resolutions and many web pages are now only fully veiwable at the
>> > higher
>> > resolutions. I must be missing something here.
>> > --
>> > Mack
>>
>>
>>