<![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> @Havok154: Yeah, those "good stocks" and duds are only apparent in hindsight. I sold Sun, convinced they would be crushed by networked Windows PCs, and Java and the dot-com boom happened. I was sure Lotus Notes was game-changing software, but Lotus/IBM didn't fully capitalize on it. I almost joined a company with a brand-new awesome algorithmic approach to search that was way ahead of its competitors... Inktomi!

Pretend you have $1000 in stocks you like (there are online portfolio trackers and stock market games) and see how poorly you do, not just in when to buy but also when to sell.

Index funds and value investing for the (boring slightly-ahead-of-inflation) win.

skierpage

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> i told my parents in 2003 to buy apple stock, given i was 11 at the time, they probably should have been right for listening to me... I hate being right

AqueousBeef

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> "According to stock values", the iPod came out in 2005, but didn't the 1st gen iPod come out in 2001? Maybe it was 2005's introduction of the shuffle, nano, and video iPod that did it.

johnwys

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> I'm a bit confused..

johnwys

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> Yep, I'm one of the loon...I mean, lucky few who bought Apple stock in '04.

Of course, as a graphics guy I knew that I'd be screwed anyway if Apple went under, so I figured it was a damned-if-I-do/damned-if-I-don't decision.

starcruzer

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> I really need to start investing in stocks....good stocks though, like google or apple from 10 years ago so I can be a freaking millionaire now.

Darkest Daze

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> 10 years... is around the time Jobs started. Perhaps ask who's holding onto stick from the early 90's, when Apple really hit rock bottom (I think it was around $8 or less).

Worf

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> @aaj111:

Yep - but MS don't actually make computers, and Dell do!

DRive Genius

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> @aaj111: Check out the link from my earlier post

cdan

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> Apple is a bigger company than Dell.

Show that chart with Microsoft instead of Dell.

aaj111

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> Apple stock. Don't get me started. I bought it when it was taking a dive and then had to sell at a loss because my car died and I needed another one.

It still hurts.

AhnyerKeester

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> @diablofreak: That is a telltale sign to jump on a hot stock....

Mixiboi

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> i hold some from last year at $55 low point and now i have a nice 200% gain.

i wish i bought it in when i started seeing everyone with an ipod :(

diablofreak

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> This chart is misleading

The fact is that AAPL shares have outperformed EVERYTHING by leaps and bounds. I am sending Giz a chart of APPL vs DELL, MSFT and the S&P500 index - hopefully they will post it. If not, you can find it at:

[master-of-none.tumblr.com]

cdan

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> Conidering what apple was worth in 98 at a $2000 investment, after taxes, your "worth a lot" would probably net you a fully loaded Mustang today... Cheers!

DucatiGuy

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> My parents invested $2000 for me in Apple stock in 1998. I still hold that stock but I don't even check it that often. I just know its worth a lot.

i<3Apple

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> After accounting for splits, I bought at 8.

Cheers.

drewB

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> Not a boatload, but I got my shares back in 1999 at $13.

Not enough to buy a house, but I break off a piece now and again and get me a new Mac.

sansovino

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> How about some Apple stock from 1999-2000? 14.40-ish/share.

aboriginal

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> Screw everyone, I have a bucket of piss that smells just RANK! I should get rid of that.

ester

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> HA! Screw them both, I have 10K shares of GOOG IPO just waiting for me to graduate from grad school!

joshieca

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> Funny thing about stock is you can see a different picture based on the time slice you look at. I wish I had sold the Dell stock I bought in the early 90's in 2000 and picked up Apple. Then I'd REALLY be rolling in the dough. And no I still wouldn't loan you $5.

Rand

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> The thing about Apple is it has such a small (but Fan boy loyal) market share of home pc that microsoft could lose 5% to 10% to apple and it would do some damage to Microsoft but it's huge increase to apple.

The competition is the open system OS.

wanago

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> That chart isn't market cap, it's percentage price appreciation in the stock (which is generally correlated, but share buybacks and dividends, among other things, can affect them differently.) The referencing article points out Dell's and Apple's market caps, $62 and $143 billion, respectively, a factor of about 2.5x, not the 10x differential shown in the graph.

MrLiscious

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> My favorite part of all this is Michael Dell saying "Apple should close shop and give the money back to their shareholders" back in 97.

How's that quote working out for you now, Michael? Dell is nothing more than a glorified supply chain exercise - and a nice one at that - but when you don't innovate / design you see what happens. Stagnation.

bitfactory

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> a handful of execs hired last year have buttloads of stock from 2004.

islandmonk

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> Shoot I bought late and I've still made a good 31% on my investment so far. Not the 600% you old fogies have, but not bad still.

Those of you who still want to get on the Apple train should. It's expensive as hell but it should keep beating numbers for quite a few more quarters with increases in desktop/laptop marketshare, the refresh of the ipod/iphone line and december sales.

Long story short, they still have quite a bit of momentum in them, even with all the bricks out there.

Oneon1isto

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> for my 21st B-day I received some apple stock. That was early 2001, I figure when I get married I might need money. First I gotta find a girl.

Camaro02

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> My boss who bought a house on a mountain with his Yahoo stock is kicking himself right now because he didn't take my advice in 1996 to buy Apple stock at $13 (before the last split).

leicaman

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> Poor Dell.

Didn't they have an MP3 player, too? What ever happened with that?

Poor, poor Dell.

Monty

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> You mean to tell me that Gizmodo, the biggest Apple fanboys out there doesn't even hold any stock? Man, why are you guys promoting the hell out of it? Duh? At least get something out of it folks!

ChopSue-Me

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> @cidion: Can we borrow 4 bucks then?

Mark Wilson

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> "who out there is still holding a boatload of Apple stock from 2004? And can we borrow 5 bucks for lunch?"

I am.

and, no.

cidion

]]> <![CDATA[10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell]]> Dude, AAPL bought me a house. SRSLY.

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