[stouset]

Sorry, but bleeding out $7,000 a year instead of $3,500 a year is still an extra $3,500 a year, regardless of how much you paid for the damn thing.

[sliverstorm]

Are you arguing that dollar value of depreciation is more important than rate?

[stouset]

When comparing two alternatives? Absolutely.

Let me ask you: would you rather have owned one share of ENE (Enron) before the collapse, or ten thousand shares of MSFT in 1999?