Day of 1/20/2002: Screen Resolution and Color Depth

Screen Resolution

Computers offering at least 640x480 pixels, but less than 800x600 pixels, are reported as 640x480, and so on.
# Resolution Computers %
1 640x480 12,403 3.24
2 800x600 134,351 35.06
3 1024x768 192,011 50.10
4 1280x1024 36,579 9.54
5 1600x1200 and above 7,888 2.06

Screen Depth (Number of Colors)

Note: computers reporting 16 colors may in some cases be grayscale devices. Most 16-color computers are Windows machines temporarily running in safe mode.
# Color Depth Computers %
1 Black and White (1 bit) 461 0.12
2 4 Gray Shades (2 bit) 1 0.00
3 16 Colors (4 bit) 326 0.09
4 256 Colors (8 bit) 12,997 3.39
5 65,536 Colors (16 bit) 182,136 47.54
6 Millions of Colors (24 bit) 49,768 12.99
7 Millions of Colors (32 bit) 137,462 35.88