Answer : Apple and Microsoft do not release a break up of their R&D costs howeve

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Apple and Microsoft do not release a break up of their R&D costs however they do release their total R&D costs. You can calculate the recovery time frame based on quarterly revenue. Ideally R&D costs are often recovered by the first quarter after release.

Source : Apple's & Microsoft's 10k Filling with the SEC (you can find this in the investors relations portion of their website)

2017 2016 2015 Apple's Total R&D Costs 11.6 Billion $ 10 Billion $ 81. Billion $ Time Frame for Recovery 3 Months 3 Months 3 Months Microsoft's Total R&D Costs 13 Billion $ 12 Billion $ 12 Billion $ Time Frame for Recovery 3 Months 3 Months 3 Months

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Can you provide some quantitative comparison between Microsoft OS and Apple’s OS? For example, try to see if you can calculate how fast can Microsoft recover the costs of developing a new Windows version, compared to how long it takes for Apple to recover its costs? What are some implications of this? file:///Users/myfamily777/Downloads/Apple2002.Bought.pdf Please help me what number do i look for if you can't access the file.

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