Although the 1280x800 is OK and workable, it does frustrate the hell out of me. I regularly do a remote desktop connection to systems with a higher resolution screen than my laptop, on those systems are full screen applications which I need to scroll, so when I'm working on those remote systems I have to scroll 4 times, 2 vertical and 2 horizontal. It's a huge time waster, brings in possibility of mistakes and annoys the pants off me.
Also, the screen quality of my Lenovo T500 is absolutley awful, about 30% of text [email, online, pdf's] appears blurred because it has light & dark patches, presumably for certain combinations of text size/font. Tilting the screen away improves it, but it's a potential health issue for my eyes. It's the worst LCD screen I have ever viewed. Yes, I have the latest drivers, made many changes to settings etc.
If the screen doesn't get changed soon, the laptop is laptop is going in the bin 
Thanks for your reply BTW. Appreciated 
