Thumbnails not sharp

I assume that no one else has this issue - thumbnails will not show sharp yet enlarged versions fine - but I wonder if one or two of you could confirm that their thumbnails ARE sharp. Especially if you are using Windows 7, which is what I am using for Lightroom.
The reason is that after a long conversation with an Adobe representative at tech support I was assured that unsharp thumbnails were simply a feature of Lightroom and nothing could be done about it. This I simply do not believe; Adobe would have hardly have sold umpteen copies of the program to photographers - typically a discerning crowd when it comes to sharpness - if the thumbnails were inherently fuzzy. So I'd like to go back to them with some evidence that the thumbnails are normally sharp. Thanks.

Yes. I use Nikon RAW almost exclusively. I don't even capture simultaneous JPEG images.
I actually purchased Aperture based upon demos I had seen and others' comments. IView Media Pro is my basic working program now but it is slow to import and page between 19+Mb RAW images.
The first thing to strike me with Aperture was the soft image issue we have been discussing. I can't say I know whether IVMP or Bridge actually sharpen the images or if that's the way they come. That would make the issue with Aperture a setting or something. I had already set the program as you suggested.
As you probably know, committiing to a new software for this purpose is a tremendous precious time investment. I confess to having a "right brain" defect that obstructs understanding the basic structure of these programs which is a further impediment. Every such program has its own labels for the structure and organization of the files which isn't always straightforward.
Thanks for your help.

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