Microsoft spent almost three times as much on R&D as Apple last year November 1, 2012 by admin Tweet Microsoft spent $ 9.8 billion on research and development in its fiscal 2012 year, nearly three times as much as Apple, which spent $ 3.4 billion on research and development for its fiscal 2012 year. Read more… Neowin Related Posts:Microsoft's fiscal Q1 2024 revenues were $56.5…Microsoft generates $62 billion in revenues in its…Microsoft made $61.9 billion in revenue for fiscal…Apple had better iPhone revenues than expected for…Despite the economy, Apple saw a great fiscal fourth quarter