Photoshop CC Rasterize Text

Hi
I really like the new font anti-aliasing modes in Windows, but i got one big problem: If i rasterize text its gets a bit thicker and lose all it's touch.
Here's an example: (rendering was: sharper. the top one is the non-rasterized text. looks a lot better)
Test it on your own... just zoom into your type and rasterize it, then you see how its gonna change.
Any Idea how to fix this?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Mike

Hi Charles,
my picture above is at 100% and yes i see it.
I guess there is no solution at all? The problem is if i save the psd as a transparent png it gets rastered the same way, but i guess thats logically correct.

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