ken_b - 7:11 pm on Jan 4, 2012 (gmt 0)

The additional real estate will do volumes for my site's design.

Are you building this site to appease your ego, or to be useful for your visitors?

Don't confuse screen size with browser window size, an all to common oversight on the part of designers and/or webmasters. Window size and screen size are too very different things, both need to be considered carefully.