No windfall for Apple

The company that gave the world the ground-breaking Mac and boasts the charismatic Steve Jobs at its head, is approaching its 25th birthday. Its legions of loyal supporters can look back on a genuine computing and lifestyle achievement, but for the IT world at large, Apple has largely lost its lustre.

Next month sees Apple's silver jubilee, and it could be a make-or-break moment in the company's tempestuous affair with users and the markets. In the quarter century since Apple was founded by St...

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