...wouldn't that be $12 billion that Apple has to poach MS engineers with, then?
Additionally, people buying OSX computers isn’t really a bad scenario for Microsoft. MS office is quite popular on OSX and iOS and people spend more on that than they do on operating systems.
What kind of investment do you think they need to make to be a threat with Windows? If you think they should be trying to "match" windows with things it does, it would be a bad strategy that isn't winnable. Throwing away money. At least with their current approach they are levaring strengths (verttical integration, mobile dominance, etc) to build something that could leapfrog windows one day. Especially if the user journeys that span into other products (hw accessories, phones, etc)