Day of 2/3/2002: 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 14,071 3.02
2 800x600 160,125 34.41
3 1024x768 235,464 50.60
4 1280x1024 45,758 9.83
5 1600x1200 and above 9,901 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) 523 0.11
2 4 Gray Shades (2 bit) 1 0.00
3 16 Colors (4 bit) 404 0.09
4 256 Colors (8 bit) 15,457 3.32
5 65,536 Colors (16 bit) 219,079 47.10
6 Millions of Colors (24 bit) 60,110 12.92
7 Millions of Colors (32 bit) 169,589 36.46