The story of Apple, the company they founded, reads like a business parable almost too dramatic to be credible. The visionary early success of the Macintosh, with its graphical interface and mouse ushering in the age of the personal computer. But as Apple enters its second half-century, the questions its success prompts become ever more pressing. Apple is not solely responsible for all these problems but it has profited from them. What started in that garage in Los Altos gave the world something remarkable.

Source: The Irish Times April 01, 2026 07:00 UTC