On: Apple stocks worth over 40 times what they were 7 ...

[jasonlbaptiste]

If you spent the money on an original ipod in 2001 on apple stock ($499), you would have 14,513.78 today.

[gojomo → jasonlbaptiste]

This calculation cries out for a table, including all Apple products over the years: if you'd bought AAPL instead of the product, how much would your stock be worth?

[Derferman → gojomo]

So I decided to do just that http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1292276

[jasonlbaptiste → gojomo]

Agreed. iPod Hifi included?

[JJSkittles → jasonlbaptiste]

I wrote a post based on the same Apple buy/invest idea (but with much less detail) back on Wednesday. Check it out here: http://www.dinnertopics.com/business/amusing-apple-anecdote/