Optimum screen resolution?

I'm a newbie to using CS4 and I'm experimenting with the screen resolution on my 24" monitor. Dell recommends 1900x1200 but the text is too small to read comfortably at that resolution. I've read that 1024x768 is the minimum resolution suggested by Adobe but that would seem to waste much of the available space on this size of monitor. I'd be interested in learning what others have found to be the ideal screen resolution for Photoshop, particularly when using a larger monitor. Thanks.

BobLevine wrote:
If it's an LCD (and the Dell 24" widescreen is) you MUST use the native resolution. BTW, it's 1920x1200.
Bob
Thanks Bob and dec9 for your replies - both very useful. Being unfamiliar with the term "native resolution," I Googled it and came up with an explanation in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_resolution in case others are interested.

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