Originally Posted by
number_6
They are tiny by default; easily changed for both Vista and apps running under Vista. Less easily changed in other environments (but also possible for the most part). This used to be a big issue but I really think it is solved and shouldn't be a consideration in selecting the screen resolultion these days.
LCD screens have an optimal resolution. Displaying a lower resolution will result in some ugliness (for lack of a better word to describe it) on the screen. Things can look pixelated/blurry/stretched. So it's recommended to use a LCD display at that optimal resolution. That's why I think it matters how big things are at the maximum (the optimal) resolution of the screen; they can up sized by changing the resolution downwards but there is a visual penalty associated with it.