What is the resolution set to? Right click on the desktop and left click on Properties, then look at the settings tab just below the slider. I have terrible eyesight and see pretty well with 1024 X 768, but if this is too far away from the native resolution (this value should be in the documentation that came with the laptop) of the monitor, everything will look pixellated. You might just play with the settings there and see what it looks like.
Web pages are different, depends on how they are coded. In Firefox, I set my text size pretty large, but some websites just don't recognize your custom settings (for those I put on the reading glasses), but you can try in Tools, Options, Content, click on Advanced in the Fonts and Colors section ...make sure that there is no check next to Allow pages to use their own fonts instead of my selections.
Happy Turkey Day!
Getting ready to go out of town for the holiday, and I hope this helps. I probably won't have access to a computer while visiting family.
