Day of 2/4/2002: 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 14,218 3.01
2 800x600 162,155 34.35
3 1024x768 239,025 50.63
4 1280x1024 46,620 9.87
5 1600x1200 and above 10,093 2.14

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) 528 0.11
2 4 Gray Shades (2 bit) 1 0.00
3 16 Colors (4 bit) 409 0.09
4 256 Colors (8 bit) 15,659 3.32
5 65,536 Colors (16 bit) 221,994 47.04
6 Millions of Colors (24 bit) 61,122 12.95
7 Millions of Colors (32 bit) 172,239 36.50