Hey - don't talk to me about Apple stock ... do you know how thrilled
I am to have been able to pick up shares at 130 on this latest dip?!
All I'm saying is bagging on Microsoft for their product which
increased revenues by over 70% year over year is a pretty silly idea
on a financial forum.  I don't care if they were selling pregnancy
tests to virgins and geriatrics, 70% growth is 70% growth ...
everytime someone has to call tech support for Vista Microsoft smiles
- they are making massive profits on a sub-par product.

Apple is sexier, faster, and all in all (this coming from a hard-core
Microsoft fan) better ... I make stock trades over my iPhone, I use
ALL applications that I used to run on my PC on my Mac, and they run
faster, smoother, less errors, etc. Products are only one aspect of
business - and Microsoft outperforms Apple on one key component:
business to business partnerships.  Microsoft has so many inroads to
so many businesses and business systems that it doesn't matter if
these companies had been 'fixed' - they 'need' Microsoft's pregnancy
tests because others can't conveniently do business without them...

... maybe I took the analogy too far, but you get my point.  Both
companies are awesome as financial institutions.  Apples product line
is superior right now - but MSFT has far superior business to business
relations ... their ability to innovate is still superb. Furthermore,
MSFT probably has a superior talent pool to work with to make projects
come to life....