rkrosengard:

From LA Times:

Had you resisted Apple’s dancing silhouettes and the white headphones attached to everyone’s ears, and used that money for Apple stock, you’d be able to buy quite a few more than just that one iPod.

Have a look at the chart. Investing $299, the cost of a third-generation iPod (the one with the touch-activated buttons) when that device hit the market on April 28, 2003, would now equate to $11,685.

That $5,700 PowerBook laptop in 1997? Cash out now, and you’d be rolling in $330,563.