Currently, Apple's stock is at an all time high. A share today is worth over 40 times its value seven years ago. So, how much would you have today if you purchased stock instead of an Apple product? See for yourself in the table below. A huge thanks to everymac.com for the original prices and release dates. All values are calculated using Apple's current stock price according to http://brivierestockquotes.appspot.com.

I have also released the data set behind the calculations, which include Apple's stock price since 1997 as well as almost all Apple products released since 1997. Code at github.com/kyleconroy/apple-stock.

Big thanks to gojomo at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1291809 for the idea.

Last updated April 1, 2012