Microsoft Corp (MSFT)

[FrancisUnderwood]

What happens if one day, the iPhone powerhouse will collapse (a likely possibility if we view it as a consumerproduct) and Apple Inc. stock will take a deep plunge, as the iPhone is the only thing that is driving it trough the roof right now. Right now it simply feels like Microsoft (at this point at least) is much more diversified and thus safer, as it can take a beating in one or two of its divisions without feeling it really. Who do you think wil come to there senses sooner? The stock market or the consumer? That''s the billion dollar question when viewing Apple.

In the last couple years I have switched my whole family over to Windows 10 (which included the purchase of 4 new computers) and Office 365. The Office subscription comes complete with 1TB of cloud storage per user which is really great. The cloud storage is configured as OneDrive so that cloud backup is wholly transparent. Microsoft got it right with Windows 10 and Office 365, and I suspect Universal Apps are going to be step in the direction of the normalization of computing.

I also think it is worth nothing, that I have been a long-term Microsoft investor since late 90-s and I like the direction they're taking now - all kinds of media products, their own gaming console, powerful and versatile (just as Microsoft itself) OS. I really think they have a bright future ahead of them. And we, as their investors, only need to wait. And yeah, gotta be honest here - cope with them from times to times. But high dividents will keep you going.