Month of 12/1/2001 to 12/31/2001: 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 294,581 3.83
2 800x600 2,884,318 37.52
3 1024x768 3,701,254 48.15
4 1280x1024 665,244 8.65
5 1600x1200 and above 142,260 1.85

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) 10,070 0.13
2 4 Gray Shades (2 bit) 28 0.00
3 16 Colors (4 bit) 7,020 0.09
4 256 Colors (8 bit) 294,469 3.83
5 65,536 Colors (16 bit) 3,754,213 48.85
6 Millions of Colors (24 bit) 995,598 12.96
7 Millions of Colors (32 bit) 2,623,184 34.14