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In March of 2007 I bought 25 shares of AAPL for $2,299.50. It's now worth $8,666.75

In June of 2007 I bought a MacBook Pro for $1,999 to run my startup off of. (The chart says that if I had bought stock instead, it'd be worth $4,413.)

The ROI on the MacBook Pro has been the better investment in my opinion.



Yes, this is the point. It's not like we're just pouring the money down the drain. Technology is (often) an investment.


Most of the HNers don't, but a lot of folks do. They buy certain technology because it's cool or everyone else is doing it, even though they would be the same off with something half the price.


I will confess that I do this too :-)


Well, no, because buying any other laptop would have probably served you just as well. Any other stock would not have.


Any other stock? Have you seen Mongolian Stock Exchange lately? http://cl.ly/3v34171i2O2g1x0C3B3k (source: http://www.mse.mn/)


I meant just any other stock.




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