I would argue the trend is towards smaller screens if anything (small, light laptops, netbooks, tablets etc.).

I always either maximise or snap Windows to some sensible half/third of the screen layout.

I don't want to manually juggle Windows as my OCD kicks in and I start fiddling with them to get them exactly lined up. The Mac's 'sort of maximised but with a bit of the desktop showing round the edges' gives me the shakes...