Lets put it this way. If I hook the monitor to my desktop, it’s beautifully clear. But if I switch it tot he Sony, the Letters appear fuzzy. It’s like you setting a LCD to a resolution different then it’s native. Everything becomes fuzzy, but readable.
That sounds like a poor RAMDAC to me. Make sure the refresh rate is correct of course too and try the other things that people have suggested.
If it’s still bad get the laptop swapped out, it’s just a bad one from the sounds of it, everyone else seems to have a crystal clear display off their VGA out.