Read this link, if you invested when the company (bought AAPL shares) launched the PowerBook G3 250 in November 1997 - not really that long ago if you think about it - you could have turned the selling price, $5,700, into a huge amount of money - this article says $330k but read below, the stock was split twice during this time, resulting in almost $1m in value created - that is excellent growth, and guess what, i dont really think this company will stop innovating and growing, iPad sold over 1 million in the first month and continues to be a excellent seller.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/36875273