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Re:Welcome to the M1 Windows project by sgjohnson on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @04:26AM (#31664692)
Not really. OEMs pay significantly less for Windows licenses than they are retailed for.

And Windows sales to consumers haven't been a core part of their business for a while now. It's all about cloud and enterprise.

Re:Welcome to the M1 Windows project by oofbey on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @02:43PM (#31672140)
Just looked at the earnings report and I have to agree with you. Windows + Office was 25% of MS's revenue in 2021, but I suspect you're right that the big majority of that is not consumer-driven. FWIW just 2 years back, Windows + Office was 40% of revenue, so this segment is very rapidly becoming less important.