[HAL9000]

Hah Hah!

It's more accurate to say that Apple represents American innovation at it's finest.

Considering the size of Microsoft's R&D budget, they amount of innovation that MS actually produces is pathetic.

[Jameison]

"Considering the size of Microsoft's R&D budget, they amount of innovation that MS actually produces is pathetic"

Nonsense!
Apple is not even on the same planet when it comes to the range of software/hardware products produced.

Apple simply has no equivalent to Microsoft's Windows Storage Server, Windows Small Business Server, BizTalk Server, Commerce Server, Content Management Server, Exchange Server, Live Communications Server, Speech Server, SQL Server etc etc.

We haven't even talked of Microsoft Business solutions and priducts like Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft CRM etc.

Not to mention the superb XBOX and XBOX live.
Of course Microsoft spends more than Apple on R and D.
Microsoft produces far more products than Apple has even dreamed of producing.
DUH!