Macbook pro "hi-resolution" display?

i have a 15" macbook pro with "high resolution" display (1440 x 900).   note this is NOT a retina macbook pro - it is older.
i'm used to working at "native" resolution - it makes the menu bar rather small, but i prefer it this way.   upon installing yosemite on this machine, it seems my "effective" screen resolution is reduced - the menubar appares to be scaled-up in size, default fonts for all apps are larger, etc.
it appears that the "displays" preferences pane in yosemite offers few options - "best for display" or "scaled", however nothing i can choose here (as far as i can tell) brings things back to what i want which is to use the display in native full resolution mode with no scale-up of any kind.   even if i select "scaled" and choose 1440x900, the UI elements (and the menubar in particular) still appear to be significantly scaled up.
on my other machine (a retina machine running mavericks), i see a slightly a slightly different version of displays preference pane.   i get what i want there by choosing the "more space" option.
anyone have an idea how i can get the effect of the "more space" option (what i would call "native resolution") on my older macbook pro under yosemite?

Looking at the specs, this MB Pro comes under late 2007 spec, but checking supported resolutions, it more than covers native resolutions for both main display and the NEC simultaneously.
Can anyone shed some light on this, or have I got this wrong? Is it down to DVI or could I use VGA with an adaptor - would this give me better resolution?
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