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.
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
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