Rick Sherlund March Quotations

We hoped that March would be back on track and strong enough to bail out the quarter, but it doesn't look like it got there fast enough to really allow this company to climb out of the hole they dug themselves in for January and February.

We are reducing our March quarter revenue estimate due to growing evidence that PC unit growth did not likely come up to our expectations. PC growth was very sluggish from November through February, and while it reaccelerated in March, it does not appear to have occurred fast enough to offset the weakness earlier in the quarter.

Intel's pre-announcement will likely raise questions about the strength of Microsoft's March quarter.