Ummm, ok? That actually doesn’t make much sense. Where were these record profits before Vista then? Shouldn’t there have been surges for the past year or so since XP has been out since 2002 and they have long paid for the developement costs on it. The only corrolation to the profit surge is Vistas release.
Well actually I think that Vista’s development was a drag on earnings, in that now that the bulk of Vista development is over, they no longer have to spend the money on development.