http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/1. Collect Underpants
2. ?
3. Profit
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1. Remove underpants
2. ???
3. Profit!]]>Oct 26th 2007 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/2. ???
3. Profit!
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And the shafting of America continues.

Go to hell Microsoft. ]]>Oct 26th 2007 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/
http://zenultimate.notlong.com]]>Oct 26th 2007 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/
Every new PC or Laptop comes pre-loaded with Vista!!!!!

The consumer does'nt have a choice.......or maybe they do, but ar'nt being told........hmmmmm

4 billion NET profit on 13 billion turnover is staggering. How's about spreading the wealth gentlemen? ]]>Oct 27th 2007 5:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/
Its good that they did turn a profit there. I was beginning to think that they may never turn a profit and then abandon the xbox.]]>Oct 26th 2007 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/Oct 26th 2007 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/
Not too shabby.]]>Oct 26th 2007 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/Oct 26th 2007 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/Oct 26th 2007 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/
Last time i checked, consumers had a choice, as well as the vendors.

If HP, Acer, and all those other low-cost PC manufacturers felt that Vista was the disaster that the internet seems to make it out to be, then they wouldnt use it, and stick to XP.

If Vista is such a bad choice, and is "forced" on all of us, then why isnt the alternative doing nearly as well?]]>Oct 26th 2007 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/
Not yet. If you subtract the "$300 million bounce" due to halo 3 they lost $135m this quarter which is comparable to the $142m loss the same quarter last year. They're losing less but they're still bleeding money in the Entertainment and Devices BU. To date that BU has lost $7 billion (income - expenses) since the XBox came out and that does not count fiscal year 2001 which incurred expenses due to the XBox development.

However, I would not worry about Microsoft ditching the XBox anytime soon. Clearly if loosing bags of money was a deterrent to Microsoft they would have bailed on this thing a long time ago.
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How about make your own gadget blog and post your own articles?

Such a fresh noob! :) I love it.]]>Oct 26th 2007 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/
That said, obviously, the title of this blog post was meant in a tongue-in-cheek way (I would LOVE to have as OK a quarter as MSFT did!) so chill already, and stop thinking that if a person supports AAPL they must of necessity hate MSFT, and vice versa. ]]>Nov 9th 2007 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/You sir, are the reason everybody has to put /sarcasm at the end of their posts...
Thanks a lot]]>Oct 26th 2007 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/Oct 26th 2007 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/Oct 26th 2007 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/
MM

PS, "brown zune" still makes me laugh.. but vista, man thats getting funnier every day hahahahahahahahahahahahah]]>Oct 26th 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/Oct 26th 2007 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/Oct 26th 2007 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/
Vista has pwoned all the Apple flunkies as expected.]]>Oct 26th 2007 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/
I'll run XP until the next operating system AFTER Vista. Vista was/is a fiasco.

Unlike Leopard, there are no features that you gain by upgrading from XP to Vista. Aero Glass is just a theme, and all of the security changes were already made in XP SP2.

Don't bother arguing specifics. I'm talking in general...]]>Oct 26th 2007 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/
@ Hax Or...have your heard some of the rumors? The next Windows OS is supposed to be a clean cut...none of the programs will work with the new version of windows...they're redoing the core and everything...it's an exciting idea...I think they could make a great OS without those constraints...but at the same time...none of my software would work...]]>Oct 26th 2007 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/Oct 26th 2007 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/Oct 26th 2007 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/Oct 26th 2007 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/
Yea, it's THAAAT awesome!]]>Oct 26th 2007 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/Oct 26th 2007 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/Oct 26th 2007 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/Oct 26th 2007 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/
"Microsoft shares hit 6-year high on earnings report" - MarketWatch
"Stocks Rally on Microsoft, Countrywide" - AP
"Microsoft Sends Tech Soaring" - TheStreet.com

"Microsoft has an okay quarter" - Engadget]]>Oct 26th 2007 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/Oct 26th 2007 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/Oct 26th 2007 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/
lol engadget forgot the sarcasm tag?? baaaaaaad and LATE my engadget buddies]]>Oct 26th 2007 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/ SAVE YOU FRUSTRATION FOR SOMETHIN ELSE. The 360 is a pos and is the most horrid peice of engineerimg I have ever seen. The thing breaks if you look at it wrong. I have been through 3 already and I treated really well and had in an refridgerated air conditioned room and it still croaked and for another I boutgh the disc tray stopped working so it would not read discs.

I would advise to put the cash into a pc or a ps3, wii or wait till they are reliable if that day ever comes.

The sad thing is that when yoours breaks you are forced into a never ending repair process. Since july I have had to send the refurbs back 2 times because of the same issue as the others.

The games may be great but it is not worth it at all. As much as I paid for the actual time played it is really not worth the several hundred dollar investment considering most 360s break with in the first year.

As a not I have been in the repair process since september 06 and I just sent the pos in again on the 9th of october.


SAVE YOUR MONEY FOR SOMTHING THAT WILL WORK FOR YEARS NOT MONTHS, ]]>Oct 26th 2007 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/26/microsoft-has-an-okay-quarter-posts-4-3b-profit/Oct 26th 2007 1:48PM