Day of 2/12/2002: 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 |
15,216 |
2.93 |
| 2 |
800x600 |
176,688 |
33.99 |
| 3 |
1024x768 |
264,547 |
50.89 |
| 4 |
1280x1024 |
52,151 |
10.03 |
| 5 |
1600x1200 and above |
11,198 |
2.15 |
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) |
575 |
0.11 |
| 2 |
4 Gray Shades (2 bit) |
1 |
0.00 |
| 3 |
16 Colors (4 bit) |
438 |
0.08 |
| 4 |
256 Colors (8 bit) |
17,044 |
3.28 |
| 5 |
65,536 Colors (16 bit) |
242,917 |
46.75 |
| 6 |
Millions of Colors (24 bit) |
67,503 |
12.99 |
| 7 |
Millions of Colors (32 bit) |
191,115 |
36.78 |