Between the original Macintosh, iMac, iPod, iPhone, etc, they've always been on the cutting edge of computing for consumers.

Obviously, Microsoft hasn't been able to push the envelope with its creations to the degree that Apple has. And these innovations, in comparison with the leaps in technology that the Apple has spawned aren't really comparable.

But maybe this article gets at something that hasn't been said since Jobs died, is that Apple hasn't create the NEXT GREAT PRODUCT in the time since his passing. For the most part the company has iterated and cleaned up a lot of visual design of their products (MacOS, iOS) but the iPad seems stale as does the Macbook line.

But the Surface Pro's are more complete products than both the Macbooks and iPad and some of the decisions to cannibalize some of their products (iPad Pro and Macbook Air) and other changes in approaches that Jobs likely wouldn't have made have at least created a seed of doubt in their RDF.