$4.5bn bounty with precious little help from mobile.
Revenues hit $16bn for the quarter, an increase of 22 per cent, as profits jumped 48 per cent.
It was the traditional MS products wot done it, with the business software segment up 15 per cent to $5.3bn. So much for the cloud destroying the market for office software.
Microsoft said more than 175 million Windows 7 licences had been sold since its launch last year.
Conversely, the Entertainment and Devices division recorded an operating loss of $172m.
This division comprises Xbox, Zune and mobile.Non-gaming revenue increased $35 million or one per cent primarily reflecting 'increased sales of Windows Embedded device platforms, offset in part by decreased Zune and Windows Mobile revenue'.
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It's safe to assume that mobile, with the Kin disaster and the boost from Windows 7 not expected till later this year, did not help much.
