Microsoft Says Fourth-Quarter PC Shipments May Have Fallen Short
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Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, said industrywide sales of personal computers will probably be lower than analysts projected in the fourth quarter because supply was hurt by flooding in Thailand.
Analysts have estimated that total PC shipments fell about 1 percent in the period, Tami Reller, chief financial officer of Microsoft’s Windows unit, said at an investment conference yesterday. The actual number is probably lower, she said. Bill Koefoed, Microsoft’s general manager of investor relations, echoed those remarks at a separate event.