Day of 1/21/2002: 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 12,527 3.22
2 800x600 136,319 34.99
3 1024x768 195,261 50.12
4 1280x1024 37,377 9.59
5 1600x1200 and above 8,069 2.07

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) 467 0.12
2 4 Gray Shades (2 bit) 1 0.00
3 16 Colors (4 bit) 334 0.09
4 256 Colors (8 bit) 13,170 3.38
5 65,536 Colors (16 bit) 185,157 47.54
6 Millions of Colors (24 bit) 50,601 12.99
7 Millions of Colors (32 bit) 139,723 35.88