Hi,
forgive me for asking... but I wonder... how about simply changing the screen resolution?
You won't have that much screen real estate any more, ok. But if you have a high resolution with very big font and icon size, you won't have much more either...
Regards,
Thomas
Depending on the LCD, changing the font size may be preferred because of the way the LCD scales a non-native resolution. Some new ones are really good at is, while others (especially older ones) are terrible.