Given up on 2560x1440 Resolution

I have a brand new 27" 3.4 i7 iMac. Love everything about it, almost. Ever since I got it I ran the highest resolution, 2560x1440, you know, because I can. Ever since I got it I found myself constantly magnifying, zooming, messing with font size settings of certain programs etc. OS X just can't handle that resolution well enough, let alone key programs like Safari and mail etc.
So, yesterday I switched to 1920x1200 and I can read things again without having to adjust stuff all the time. Is this bad eyesight or what?

The proper distance to be from a computer screen is about at arm's length. if you can't see everything properly from this distance, either your eyesight is going south or your screen has sharpness issues.
My 27" is super crisp at that resolution. The first few days I had it, I was backing up because it was a bit immersively overwhelming, so you could also be too far, at which point lowering the resolution makes sense.

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