LCD screens only look good when used in their native resolution. Personally, I like the wide-screen aspect, just more pixels for Visual Studio et al. It needs all the pixels you have. The only down-side is DirectX games, they are normally programmed for 3:4 aspect ratios. Be sure to turn off the automatic stretching in the BIOS settings; having black bars at the left and right is better than out-of-whack screens.