[citation][nom]clubsaucekiller[/nom]Microsoft spends $10 billion and comes out with... what? Surface? Apple is getting a lot more done with a lot less.[/citation]
[citation][nom]soo-nah-mee[/nom]Really? How about Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 (flat out BETTER than iPhone, save for the sparse ecosystem), just to name a couple? Microsoft is not a hardware company and you list the FIRST computer they have ever built as the only product of their research?[/citation]
Also, Microsoft has a little hardware division called XBOX too lol.
Amazing the ignorance of some people...
People don't realize what R&D includes. Include salaries for your engineers and design teams, specialized test equipment, CapEx etc.