That's a large number in a world of large numbers.
by Roger Cheng
A lot of the presentations today are covering information that's been released previously.
by Jay Greene
Ballmer making the link to Windows Phone. The company wants to help Windows Phone, which significantly lags rivals, with Windows 8.
by Jay Greene
Says he expects 400 million new PCs sold, most of which will run Windows 8.
by Roger Cheng
670M potential Windows 8 upgrades, at $40 each. Upgrades could be a LOT of money for MS.
by seth.rosenblatt
Developers are furiously working to "stock the shelves" with apps in the Windows Store, he says.
by Roger Cheng
Developers like the developer-friendly terms of the Windows Store, he says. That's a big deal.
by Roger Cheng
Ballmer is talking up the opportunity for developers. MIcrosoft will host a few thousand developers next week at its BUILD conference in Redmond.
by Jay Greene
It captures what our team tried to do with Windows 8, he says.
by Roger Cheng
"Windows Re-Imagined" will be a tagline heard a lot today and during its campaign, he says.
by Roger Cheng
Ballmer again says they are the best PCs ever. They're repeating that line A LOT today.
by Roger Cheng
The company needs to convince developers of mobile apps to create new ones for its platform. That's a huge challenge as well as Microsoft pushes into the tablet world.
by Jay Greene
Ballmer: I encourage you to go out to a store and look it up online.
by Roger Cheng
Ballmer wraps things up, and thanks everyone for showing up.
by Roger Cheng
Okay, folks from the front row got up to take the hardware from the stage and put everything away. I thought they were dancers.
by Roger Cheng
Bummer...no big celebrity guest. I guess that means Microsoft's pretty confident in its product.
by Roger Cheng
And that's it. The show is over. No Jay Leno. No Santana. A lot of Microsoft execs and talk about the products. Not much flash though.
by Jay Greene
well, that was anti-climactic
by seth.rosenblatt
As a reminder, Windows 8 PCs (and the OS) go on sale tomorrow.
by john.falcone
Sinofsky gets out to the audience -- but mostly the front area -- to talk with folks who are likely partners.
by Roger Cheng
OK, folks, that's a wrap.
by Roger Cheng
Thanks everyone for tuning in!
by Roger Cheng
There's a second conference in an hour that will focus on the Surface. We won't be live blogging it, but check with CNET to get the full coverage.
by Roger Cheng
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