Why is the MacBook 13" (white) display a bit fuzzy?

MacBook 13" white:
Looking at windows in the Finder it does seem that some of the text is a bit fuzzy. I am using the native settings. Is this inherent or is there another setting that will improve the sharpness?

Many go into to the advanced display settings and calibrate the monitor. If you are using Leopard or older the gamma settings are defaulted to 1.8. Windows for instance has used 2.2 for a while now. Snow Leopard has now also defaulted to 2.2 gamma. You want to do a simple calibrate and set gamma to 2.2. Many say everything is less wash out. Also, the fuzzy appearance could be the font smoothing that most OS use to make text less jagged. You can adjust this in your browser settings.

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