Then I guess you wouldn't be a fan of 1600x1200 on a 21" monitor like I have. Only a $350 monitor too (second hand IBM P275, same as sony G520).
The thing is though, resolution should be just that, resolution (not size). You can adjust the font sizes so that at high resolutions you get smooth large letters instead of blocky large letters like you get with low resolutions. People who use tiny fonts should have something unpleasant done to them. It's silly having letters approximated by 10 pixels. The World Wide Web Consortium agrees with me too.
http://www.w3.org/2003/07/30-font-size
However, images don't get scaled so they end up small.
It is weird that digital cameras are getting higher and higher resolutions when people are still viewing (most people don't print) the photos with 800x600 displays.
By the way, I am going to abide by the rules.