I use to think why would an O/S feature is created as it sudden zoom ridiculous 10-100x of the current resolution.
But as one age, it FINALLY make sense, all comes around! Let's give an example. Given the current view at current resolution of the following picture
Given the following webshot, what's the difference can you identify?
The display might be too small, try open the image in a new window tab. It should be clearly seen that the vertical line is dashed whilst the horizontal line is dotted. Well that's the difference!
It is like the zoom feature allow one to inspect the DNA.. well, computer DNA.. :)