They're not even selling a million per quarter, and they're not making a profit on the Surface yet: http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-surface-where-does-it-go-from-here-7000032549/
The Surface Pro 3, released earlier this year, is selling far better than its predecessors, and for the first time Microsoft has recorded a positive gross profit for the Surface business.
It would do you well to source timely things, sir.
I don't know the data, but I am curious if surface is profitable as in 'xbox profitable' (i.e. profitable, but not enough to offset the preceding losses), or has offset the losses in the previous quarters. Last I saw xbox descended back into losses without ever making more money than it had lost.
I still consider Nokia and Surface a bad business move. Microsoft doing a bad job of reading the market reality. Microsoft previously demolished Apple through a strong competitive ecosystem. Now Apple has pulled
Whenever a system becomes completely defined, some damn fool discovers
something which either abolishes the system or expands it beyond recognition.
Not a Tablet (Score:0)
It's not a tablet and its not a laptop, what the heck is it?????? Nobody wants one!!!!!!!
Re: (Score:0)
you mean expect for the millions and millions of businesses that have already purchased them.
Re: Not a Tablet (Score:0)
They're not even selling a million per quarter, and they're not making a profit on the Surface yet: http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-surface-where-does-it-go-from-here-7000032549/
Re: Not a Tablet (Score:5, Informative)
October 31, 2014, via the Motley Fool [fool.com]:
It would do you well to source timely things, sir.
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I don't know the data, but I am curious if surface is profitable as in 'xbox profitable' (i.e. profitable, but not enough to offset the preceding losses), or has offset the losses in the previous quarters. Last I saw xbox descended back into losses without ever making more money than it had lost.
I still consider Nokia and Surface a bad business move. Microsoft doing a bad job of reading the market reality. Microsoft previously demolished Apple through a strong competitive ecosystem. Now Apple has pulled