Microsoft on Thursday reported the third-consecutive quarter of gross profit for its Surface tablet line, with revenue up 44% compared to the same period the year before.

For the three months ending March 31, Microsoft recorded $713 million in revenue for the Surface line. That’s a significant increase over the $494 million for the same quarter in 2014, but down 35% from the December 2014 quarter’s record $1.1 billion in holiday season sales.

The vast bulk of first-quarter revenue was from the Surface Pro 3, as the Surface 2 — the tablet powered by the now-abandoned Windows RT — was withdrawn part-way through the quarter; sales of the latter’s replacement, dubbed Surface 3, won’t start until next month.

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