Volatility is one of AAPL's trademarks. Had you bought in January '05 , you were already at a decent loss halfway through the year. Same sort of big loss from t

Volatility is one of AAPL's trademarks. Had you bought in January '05 , you were already at a decent loss halfway through the year. Same sort of big loss from the beginning of 2006 to halfway in. Not to mention the huge drop since the beginning of this year. Had you had the balls to buy and hold AAPL these 3 years, you'd be happy, I guess, but with a few years off your life worrying whether they'd rebound. Meanwhile, MSFT has been pretty steady, all along paying dividends...