>>>Just out of curiosity, why do you run 640x480 on a 17" monitor?
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>>Normally, I wear glasses. In fact, during most of my adult life, my eyesight has been so poor that I couldn't get a driver's license. My opthamologist told me on my last visit (last Nov.) that my eyesight has improved enough that it's now correctable enough so that I could get one. So my vision is the reason.
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>>Further, 640x480 (around here) is the most common resolution, so...
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>>Now, to answer a question before it's asked...The picture above (without glasses) was taken about two years ago. At the time, I was thinking about getting contacts (and reading glasses). Well, I never did, I'm still planning that.
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>Yeah, my eyes are pretty bad too, but not as bad as yours sound, and correctable to 20/20 with reasonable glasses.
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>Then you can identify with the girl I described in another post in this thread. I figured it was something like that. I just like to cram as much as I can onto a screen so I use higher resolutions if possible.

I sure can, and that came to mind when I saw your post.