I agree, font rendering on my Mac has always seemed superior to me than font rendering on my PC, the result far more readable, and only once have I seen any fuzziness or 'jagged edges'. I struck an issue a while back where OS X wouldn't apply any font smoothing with a particular third-party monitor (a Dell, I think), because it wasn't correctly identifying itself as an LCD flat panel. So, my question would be: what make and model of monitor are you using, and does it supply the correct info to the computer?