Apple's Market Cap Exceeds Google's

Lawrence Person writes "Mac Daily News was one of many Apple-followers to note that Apple Inc.'s market capitalization exceeded Google today. That means that the combined value of all Apple's outstanding shares of stock exceeded the combined value of all Google's outstanding shares of stock. Apple's stock is worth $157 billion and change vs. Google's $156 billion. Other companies Apple has surpassed in market cap include Cisco, HP, and Intel. Also, Apple is now worth 3 times the value of Dell Computer, despite Dell's founder and CEO declaring over a decade ago that if he ran Apple, he'd 'shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.'"

Comments

Re:Not too much of a shock, really.

[NoPantsJim]

google has hype and hype does not last.

Well then, it's a good thing Apple doesn't have a company image largely leveraged on hype.

Re:Google

[Hes Nikke]

yeah, the beta version has a known bug... it bytes.

*ducks*

Re:Full disclosure: I'm a Mac user

[databyss]

Is "shooting from the hip" a euphemism for "making shit up to sound correct" or "spreading bullshit to suck apples dick"?

Re:Full disclosure: I'm a Mac user

[PopeRatzo]

a cult-like following of people who self-identify with the corporation.

I hereby announce that henceforth I will self-identify with Advanced Machine Parts Co.Ltd. of Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Re:Well let's just be honest here

[PJCRP]

how did the weight and build quality of the two machines compare?

I took apart a HP laptop, and it was made of components (transistors, capacitors, circuit board, gold linings and such), you know, the boring usual result of the miniturisation process. When I took apart a Mac, I stumbled upon a world was full of little elves and unicorns who were playing on rolling green hills surrounded by snow-tipped mountains and fields of beautiful flowers that danced in the wind like a Russian ballereena. There was also a rainbow or two there as well.
The HP laptop was surprisingly a little bit heavier, but that's to be expected. Mactops were sprinkled with faerie dust for taking off most of the weight.

Re:Full disclosure: I'm a Mac user

[Heembo]

> So, you're a fan of plastic crap, as long as it's not overpriced

Yes, indeed! I have a flock of pink flamingos on my front lawn that I got from the dollar store! wooooooooooooo!

Re:Yes

[bugeaterr]

I should add that Boston Market is a mechanism by which saturated fat is captured and transferred to the obese.

Re:Full disclosure: I'm a Mac user

[linhares]

Religion is a known rootkit spreading like wildfire these days. It exploits a security vulnerability of the system, installing itself with numerous goals: (i) to make the user bond with those that also got the rootkit, (ii) to violently throw the user against all users uninfected, in an attempt to infect them.

The rootkit generates much erratic behavior. Known system calls trigger repeatedly are abstinence(), shutthefuckupandobey(), and, most importantly, iBelieve().

Re:Well let's just be honest here

[stewbacca]

Given the choice of OS X and Windows Vista, give me Vista any day. I know that's not a popular opinion on Slashdot or anywhere else on planet Earth.

Fixed that for ya.