And for the decade before that, MSFT was the clear winner. Remember, past performance is NOT indicative of future performance! The last two decades for MSFT and AAPL show that...
For predicting the future, I look at hard numbers: profitability, P/E ratio, market share, stability, revenue, dividend. In all those measures, AAPL comes up short compared to MSFT, and not much better than GOOG. To me, it's a much riskier future investment than either MSFT or GOOG.
The last decade may have been better, but it's hard to go back in time and invest over the last decade. I can only invest in the future. And the future doesn't look really stable for AAPL, given the current numbers...
And the future doesn’t look bright for MSFT IMHO.
Hell, I’d sell them both.