Fuzzy / blurry fonts

New to MAC from PC but...
All the fonts are blurry / fuzzy on my mini. Tested with 2 different monitors connected via Mini-DVI to DVI Adapter.
After few hours of using it I have headache. I did searched for a solution but no luck.
I need to see individual pixels.
...this, what I get, is not acceptable and is deal breaker for me.

This is the closest I could found on the web:
Run from the terminal:
*defaults write -g AppleAntiAliasingThreshold 128*
Is this the biggest Apple secret that you can't get from calling apple, escalating the case to the specialist or by visiting Apple store?

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<Preran> For the benefit of moderators here, I used Google to translate your content into English:
Good day,
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Guten Tag,
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