For anyone that read Bumidan's post on Microsofts 4Q of last fiscal year, they had several expenses that were uncharacteristically high for the 3 month period. I almost wonder if they put some significant expenses in the last quarter to give them an opportunity at a profitable 1-2Q 2009. If these pricecuts do turn out to be true, it will be very interesting to see if MS has already planned their marketing through the end of the year and "paid" for it in the financials....