Microsoft's Retail Gamble

Doesn't sound too good for MS:

...But this was before the launch of Windows 8 and Microsoft's Surface tablet, so this time I correctly assumed the Microsoft Store would have a lot more customers; I counted about 40 in the store. However, during my 45-minute people-watching span, not one person left the store with a Microsoft product. Across the way at the Apple Store, about 120 people milled around inside and 30 customers waited outside to pick up pre-ordered iPad minis and new fourth-generation iPads. I counted at least 35 people carrying Apple products out the door.