i got you beat, back in 1999 when i saw os x and the first line of ti powerbooks i was like daddy likes. When I turned 16 I used cash I had for a car to by 1000 shares at 11.40 a share. I drank the whole jug of Kool-Aid on that day. I also bought my first Apple computer and ipod too. I then procedded to buy another 1200 shares over the time till it hit 30 dollars a share recently.
All i have to say now is....
IM RICH BEYATCH!!!
Now I can afford to pay all four years of school here in the states. HAAAAAZAAAAAAAAA

Both of you beat me... b*******... =)

I owned over 700 shares at $14. Thanks to GREAT advice from my broker at the time, I sold them all (not knowing aa thing about the market back then). I did manage to pick some back up at $20 over a year ago, so i'm still happy. but not as happy as I could have been. DAMN YOU HIND SIGHT!!! AND DAMN YOU MERRIL LYNCH!! =P

whoozurdaddy.... you the mac daddy!

Yeah,... You must really hate your iPod's superior GUI, ease of use and design. How stoopid can you be to invest in Apple... I mean it must suck to buy in at $19 bucks a share and have it become more valuable to $80 or more a share... I mean the IRS is gonna make you pay more taxes on the huge return you are getting... man that shucks.

hehehehehe rotflmao once again

Kudos and congrats on your smart stock buy, wish my PC loving dad did not halt my Apple stock buy a while back and once before the first iMac came out... I would have had much more bling bling in my wallet now with the 1000 buck investments I would have roughly done both times.

Big a** Homer Simpson Do'h

MacMoose

"At least this will take Apple out of the "oh, the stock price is too high, it's going to implode""

Actually, a stock split doesn't do this at all. When analysts say the stock price is too high, they're referencing the stock price to earnings per share ratio. The stock price will halve, but the number of shares will double, also halving earnings per share. Therefore, there is no change to the P/E Ratio and no change in how "expensive" the stock is.

Great news for investers like me, nonetheless!

I sat on the fence from $60 and didn't buy in. This may or may not be a time to buy in after the split. The stock may run up prior to the 18th but will a $41 price hold after the split? Will the buying fever end after the split?

is it worth buying worth buying at this point or wait until after the split?

It is still amazing that the price was ~$21 a year ago.

I'm not going to give you advice either way, but normally, the price drop in the stock will make it more attractive to some investors, just to get in, without paying 80+ a share, so that may give it a boost after the split. But I think the stock is already over valued, according to some reports i've read..

my knowledge of the market is limited, so i'd best leave the advise to those more quialified! Unless youre really desperate.. then i'll check the magic 8 ball for ya! ;)

Could anyone explain to me why Apple would want to do this? So there will be twice as many shares at half the price? What's the point?

Actually, a stock split doesn't do this at all...Great news for investers like me, nonetheless!

You're contradicting yourself. After carefully explaining how a split doesn't change the fundamentals, you claim it's great news. In truth, it doesn't change the fundamentals, but it does provide a psychological boost.

quite simply, it breaks the outstanding apple shares out there into halves, making them more accessible to individuals who are willing to buy a $40 stock but not an $80 stock. of course, they own half as much with the 40, but that's not the point. interesting tidbit, some stocks, such as warren buffet's berkshire hathaway, sell for very high prices. specifically berkshire sells for $91,000 a stock.

I'm not going to give you advice either way, but normally, the price drop in the stock will make it more attractive to some investors, just to get in, without paying 80+ a share, so that may give it a boost after the split. But I think the stock is already over valued, according to some reports i've read..

A stock is only overvalued if the people buying it think its overvalued (i.e. if people are paying $80 a share, its worth $80 a share, regardless whether the company sucks or not). Foe example, Google is selling for $190 a share, has an outrageous P/E ratio of 129, and a market cap of $50 billion. Does Google really have this kind of value? I mean, they sell ads. And offer some free services (which cost them money). But they've got one of those 'hot' names, so people still buy the stock at this price. And so the price stays up, which is all that matters.

There is a poll at:

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/02/11/cx_jp_0211polldujour.html

to see what the most popular brand of computer is. Drop by and cast your
vote!

They also got their history wrong on the site. The first personal
computer didn't come from IBM, it came from Apple.

Apple did a stock split, it dropped big time soon after due to some "bad news" and the generally poor stock market. It has since recovered that loss and then some. Things are looking better this time. The iPod momentum is going strong, I think Mac sales are going to do very well this year, and who knows what "year of HD video" product is yet to be announced. The only thing that really concerns me is the health of the overall stock market.

OK, I voted. Apple leads by quite a margin... to be expected since Apple DOES make the best personal computer -and- has the most loyal users (who will happily spend a few minutes to skew any poll results where one of the choices includes the words APPLE, MAC, or IPOD).

IBM certainly can't claim the first "personal computer," but Apple can't either. Interesting info here.

http://www.blinkenlights.com/pc.shtml

However, the Apple II might have been the first popular "mass-market" PC.

...and, if climacs is a mouth-breathing moron, then I'm down right idiotic owning AAPL stock (bought at $16)

climacs, let the naysayers drool!!

Sure am glad I sold all my Apple stock in April of 2003...then again, I sold it to put a second story on my house, so I guess I did okay that way too, but I shudder to think of how much it would be worth today...

apple leads by a wide margin now, unbelievable...

if they would have a market share like that that would be a major bummer... being a under 10% computer company makes it great... if they'd lead like in the poll with 60% or so in the market they would loose their appeal...

Not sure if this is the most appropriate "place" to ask, but why not? You see, I've been wondering this for a long time-- How would I go about getting a few shares of AAPL? I mean, less than $300 worth of shares? And, as was asked before-- would it make a difference at all to buy after or before the split?