Thanks for the advice, I've decided I'm getting one from Amazon cause it is much cheaper and none of the computers there with all my other specs have a better resolution. As I said ok just doing really light beginner type work so I don't need much more. I've been working with it for years now and honestly, when I look at different types side by side, (like 1600x900, the res I have) and all a bunch of different HD types, I usually can't even tell the difference. That's how some things are for me. Aside from really really bad res, I can't tell. It's the same as speakers and headphones to me, I can tell when it's really bad but everything else seems the same.
Yeah it's fantastic for all that basic stuff, and an SSD would really help there too.
Uh, I don't know how to quantify it. It has better single core performance, so you should notice a significant performance increase in just about everything.