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[Image] Baseball Mogul 2013 in a 640x480 window Just an update for game designers and web designers, since it can be hard to find all of this information in one place. The following is a list of the most popular screen resolutions for Windows machines:

Resolution Share Width Height Ratio Type 1366x768 20.8% 1366 768 1.78 Widescreen (16:9) 1024x768 17.5% 1024 768 1.33 Video (4:3) 1280x800 12.1% 1280 800 1.60 Widescreen (8:5) 1280x1024 7.0% 1280 1024 1.25 Video (5:4) 1440x900 6.4% 1440 900 1.60 Widescreen (8:5) 1920x1080 5.6% 1920 1080 1.78 Widescreen (16:9) 1600x900 4.1% 1600 900 1.78 Widescreen (16:9) 1680x1050 3.6% 1680 1050 1.60 Widescreen (8:5) 768x1024 2.4% 768 1024 0.75 Vertical (3:4) 1360x768 2.4% 1360 768 1.77 Widescreen (16:9) 1024x600 2.2% 1024 600 1.71 Widescreen (5:3) 1280x720 1.6% 1280 720 1.78 Widescreen (16:9) 1280x768 1.5% 1280 768 1.67 Widescreen (5:3) 1152x864 1.4% 1152 864 1.33 Video (4:3) 1920x1200 1.1% 1920 1200 1.60 Widescreen (8:5) 800x600 0.9% 800 600 1.33 Video (4:3) 1280x960 0.7% 1280 960 1.33 Video (4:3) 1093x614 0.6% 1093 614 1.78 Widescreen (16:9) 2560x1440 0.4% 2560 1440 1.78 Widescreen (16:9) 1311x737 0.4% 1311 737 1.78 Widescreen (16:9) Other 7.5%
Some facts to take away:
"1024 x 768" is no longer the most common screen resolution. About 96% of Windows machines have a width of 1024 pixels or more. About 75% of Windows machines have a width of 1200 pixels or more. About 65% of screens are now "widescreen". That is, they have an aspect ratio closer to the new High Definition format (16:9) than the old Low Definition format (4:3).  A significant share of monitors (probably 3-5%) are being used vertically. And here's the operating system breakdown (among Windows machines):

Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP Game Players 69.6% 12.6% 17.8% Classrooms 62.8% 4.9% 32.3% Installed Base 50.6%11.3% 38.1% Average 61.0% 9.6% 29.4%