People dont usually regret their first bit of exciting hardware.
Im sure everyone has items like this in their lives.
All this got me thinking.
What would it take for us to give up those memories?
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If you used that money to buy Apple stock instead, youd have$3,000right now.
Thats around a 500 percent profit.
I might keep my memories here.
First iPhone
The first iPhone came out on June 29, 2007.
Again, it cost$499.
If you bought Apple stock instead?
Youd be sitting on$5,700.
To put it another way, thats around a 1000 percent profit.
Hmm, getting closer, but I probably wouldnt sell my early App Store experiences for this.
First MacBook
Ah, the humble MacBook.
Thats around a 2,000 percent profit.
If you bought Apple stock at that moment instead, youd have$19,700sitting around.
In other words, a 3,900 percent profit.
Okay, sign me the hell up, screw my memories.
First iPod
Aww yeah, the iPod!
That amount of Apple stock at the iPods release would now be worth$58,000.
Thats around 14,500 percent in profit.
Look, I loved the iPod as much as anyone, but thats a whole lot of moula.
And you know what?
Thats a 13,500 percent profit.
Nothing from childhood is worth that much, surely.
First Macintosh
Finally, the first Macintosh.
When this was released on January 24, 1984, the base model cost$2,495.
You know how much the imaginary Apple stock you bought that day instead of a Macintosh is worth now?
A cool$960,000.
That, one and all, is a 38,500 percent in profit!
Take my memories, take my organs, hell, take my first-born.
Would I really sell all my cherished tech memories for cold hard cash?
Those formative years trained me for my career using digital-based technology something Id assume is true for you too.
Still, theres a lesson in here somewhere.
If you’ve got the option to predict the future, that is.
At least we achieved the impossible here today: we put a price on cherished memories.
(All stock price calculations accurate as of publishing date.)
Story byYaron Yitzhak
Yaron is a Data Analyst & Audience Developer at TNW.
