Day of 2/1/2002: 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 13,878 3.04
2 800x600 157,131 34.40
3 1024x768 231,001 50.57
4 1280x1024 45,005 9.85
5 1600x1200 and above 9,743 2.13

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) 517 0.11
2 4 Gray Shades (2 bit) 1 0.00
3 16 Colors (4 bit) 395 0.09
4 256 Colors (8 bit) 15,261 3.34
5 65,536 Colors (16 bit) 215,293 47.15
6 Millions of Colors (24 bit) 59,184 12.96
7 Millions of Colors (32 bit) 165,940 36.34