[hugh3]

Good question. I couldn't find out since I can't get either google finance or yahoo finance to plot market cap, but I did get this:

http://ycharts.com/search?q=MSFT%20vs%20AAPL&c=market_ca...

It only goes back ten years but it at least shows that MSFT was vastly bigger than AAPL back in 1999.

[arethuza]

I remember picking up an iPod in what was probably '02 and thinking "I should buy some Apple stock".

Damn.

[herdrick]

Wow, YCharts is pretty great, thanks!

[elblanco]

Wow, '99-'00 was a rough year for MSFT.