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Re:The Story of Surface Book by djloche on Monday October 26, 2015 @01:34PM (#10452895)
There's a major difference between "a product that absolutely nobody is buying" and the revenue reported in the eight most recent quarters: $672MM (Q1-2016), $888MM (Q4-2015), $713MM (Q3-2015), $1100MM (Q2-2015), $908MM (Q1-2015), $409MM (Q4-2014), $500MM (Q3-2014), $893MM (Q2-2014).

(to note, Q2 is their oct-nov-dec quarter)

~$6Billion in revenue means absolutely someone is buying Surface products.

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Re:The Story of Surface Book by ucaetano on Monday October 26, 2015 @06:03PM (#10454812)
Q1-2016?

Are you from the future?

And for comparison, the original XBox sold $300M.

In the first 3 weeks.

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Re:The Story of Surface Book by gamblor956 on Monday October 26, 2015 @06:32PM (#10454967)
The year (2016) refers to the calendar year in which Microsoft's fiscal year ends (Jun 2016). Many, but not all, companies use a standard fiscal year of Jul-Jun rather than a calendar year of Jan-Dec for financial reporting and tax purposes.

Thus, Q1 2016 means the quarter ending Sep 30, 2015, for Microsoft's fiscal year ending Jun 30, 2016 (which began Jul 1, 2015).

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Re:The Story of Surface Book by djloche on Monday October 26, 2015 @06:14PM (#10454867)
https://www.microsoft.com/investor/EarningsAndFinancials/Ear...

In case you weren't aware, Microsoft released their 2016-Q1 earnings recently.

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Re:The Story of Surface Book by ucaetano on Tuesday October 27, 2015 @06:20AM (#10457143)
Good point, I should have paid more attention to the dates, not just the numbers :)
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