Any particular reason why 1024 x 768 is the default screen resolution?

You can't do crap at 800x600. The cursor takes up half the screen. I can grudgingly work in 1024x768 (My Laptop's there), but I prefer 1280x1024 or 2560x1024. For Coding and Graphics work, Dual Monitors are irreplacable.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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Samsung Syncmaster 793MB. It's the monitor I use, and it's 17", has a max res of 1280x1024, and runs it in 60Hz. =\

Plus the 793MB's got arguably the best contrast I've ever seen in any CRT. I love mine. Even prefer it to my 17" Trinitron G200, even though the Trinitron can do 1600x1200@85Hz.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Amen to that. Saving space doesn't count for crap when your display is unreadable because of tearing.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

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I still don't see how people find 60Hz so bad. But I'm a person who has been using computers since monochrome displays.

Agreed. Take my Trinitron G200. 1280x1024x60 is perfect. 1280x1024x75 and 1280x1024x85 I can detect flicker and it hurts my eyes.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?