Week of 11/25/2001 to 12/1/2001: 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 59,738 4.44
2 800x600 543,454 40.37
3 1024x768 618,623 45.96
4 1280x1024 102,199 7.59
5 1600x1200 and above 22,095 1.64

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) 1,949 0.14
2 4 Gray Shades (2 bit) 0 0.00
3 16 Colors (4 bit) 1,183 0.09
4 256 Colors (8 bit) 56,864 4.22
5 65,536 Colors (16 bit) 676,739 50.28
6 Millions of Colors (24 bit) 170,689 12.68
7 Millions of Colors (32 bit) 438,483 32.58