Screen resolution on new ViewSonic monitor

[kaligrrl]

I'm having a problem with my new ViewSonic 19" LCD monitor. They want
me to use screen resolution 1440x900, but I don't want to use that. I
want something with smaller fonts, more real estate. If I choose
1920x1200, it gives me "more area", but the resolution itself is still
the same - meaning stuff appears off the edge of the screen, and if I
push my mouse that way, the screen scrolls. I'd like it to use
different fonts, etc. to give me more content within the viewing area.

If I use 1280x1024, I get about 6 extra lines, but, it's a very short,
fat font and it's a little fuzzy. Is there any way I can get the
monitor to use smaller fonts to give me what I want?

I used to have this problem with my old, CRT monitor, and I would just
unplug the monitor, change the resolution on the monitor (without
Extending my Desktop), then plug the monitor back in. But that trick
doesn't work with this new monitor.

I have a Dell Latitude D620 laptop, also fairly new.

Thanks for your help!

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

1440x900 is the maximum resolution for the 19" monitor. If you want higher,
you'd be better off using a larger monitor, like a 24" or 28"

 

[kaligrrl]

One of my co-workers has the same monitor, and she's displaying a nice
tiny font. She has a desktop machine, though, whereas I have a
laptop. I have heard it might mean a graphics card upgrade or
something. Another co-worker is using a DVI cable from his laptop,
but to a different kind of monitor, so I don't know if that would be
another way to correct my problem. Any thoughts?

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Some graphics cards will go much higher, but the 19" Viewsonic does prefer
the default resolution you already have. Since you cannot change the
graphics card on a notebook, you're pretty much stuck with what you have.