Microsoft's Windows 8 by the numbers

Microsoft previews Windows 8 for developers and there's a lot at stake. Windows 8 represents the software giant's bet that it can navigate multiple screens---PCs, tablets and even TVs---with one operating system.

The task is daunting. Here's a look at some of the numbers behind Windows 8.

1: Version of Windows.

2: Architectures to support---ARM and Intel's x86.

7: Number of languages that developers can use to program Metro Style apps: C, C++, C#, Visual Basic, HTML5/JavaScript and/or using XAML.

1366 by 768 or better: Screen resolution you'll need to snap a Metro app into a skinny strip on the side.

10: Fingers supported in Microsoft's touch-first Windows interface.

60 percent: Percentage of Windows and Windows Live revenue attributed to the enterprise, according to Wells Fargo.

1 year: Rough timeline for Windows 8 to launch.

18-24 months: Estimated remaining time for the corporate Windows 7 upgrade cycle.

35: Number of groups working on Windows 8 apps.

2.9 percent: Year-over-year estimated revenue growth for Microsoft's Windows and Windows Live division for fiscal 2012, according to Evercore.

$19.57 billion: Fiscal 2012 estimated revenue for the Windows and Windows Live division, according to Evercore.

8 percent: Year-over-year estimated revenue growth for Microsoft's Windows and Windows Live division for fiscal 2012, according to Evercore.

$21.13 billion: Fiscal 2013 estimated revenue for the Windows and Windows Live division, according to Evercore.

$74.5 billion: Fiscal 2012 estimated revenue for Microsoft, according to Wall Street analysts.

$79.6 billion: Fiscal 2013 estimated revenue for Microsoft, according to Wall Street analysts.

1 billion: People who use Windows every day.

1 trillion: Telemetry data points Microsoft collected from Windows 7 users to figure out the control panel options in Windows 8.

Microsoft previews Windows 8 At the Microsoft Build conference in Anaheim, Calif., Steven Sinofsky, the president of the Windows Division, takes the wraps off of Windows 8, unveiling the company's new operating system in front of an audience of software developers.

More on Windows 8:

• Windows 8 unveiled
• Microsoft to developers: Metro is your future
• Microsoft’s Windows 8: Here’s what we now know (and don’t)
• Microsoft Build: Live blogging the Day 1 keynote
• Microsoft’s big task: Juggle PC, post-PC eras

CNET:

• An early, first look at Windows 8 (hands-on)
• Microsoft’s bold new look and feel for Windows