Microsoft's online services don't have many ads, and they lose half a billion a year (9 billion this year including Skype). Apple have bigger cash reserves, big

Microsoft's online services don't have many ads, and they lose half a billion a year (9 billion this year including Skype). Apple have bigger cash reserves, bigger profits, and so on. If you're drawn to Microsoft because of their online services what do you buy? Other than the Xbox, 7 and Office (direct sales of 7 and Office are probably small) it's all third party hardware/software. With Apple, there's an ecosystem over several high quality, high profit items.