Microsoft Corp. is now expecting personal computer unit sales for its current fiscal year to post upper single-digit growth instead of its previous outlook for mid-single digit growth, Chief Financial Officer John Connors said on Thursday. “Our expectation is that PC demand and consumer demand is actually improving,” Connors told Reuters.

Chipmaker Intel Corp. and PC maker Dell Inc. have also given signs recently that demand for PCs, 90 percent of which run Microsoft’s Windows operating system, are recovering.