Week of 12/2/2001 to 12/8/2001: 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 103,189 4.27
2 800x600 952,888 39.40
3 1024x768 1,128,087 46.65
4 1280x1024 192,745 7.97
5 1600x1200 and above 41,331 1.71

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) 3,347 0.14
2 4 Gray Shades (2 bit) 5 0.00
3 16 Colors (4 bit) 2,130 0.09
4 256 Colors (8 bit) 98,863 4.09
5 65,536 Colors (16 bit) 1,203,953 49.80
6 Millions of Colors (24 bit) 309,139 12.79
7 Millions of Colors (32 bit) 800,129 33.10