Apple Nearly Worth More Than Microsoft, HP And Dell … Combined

This is looking at assets and profits per year.

The article is discussing the market cap as if it is a way in which you can determine the value of the company, instead of what it is, the value of its shares. Granted it should be a representation, if lets say microsoft drops 2 Cents on its stocks over a minor scare or something the market cap drops much more than the company value which maintains the same price.