Thanks for the "latter" You are the 3rd internet police-person I've met here today. Not too annoying.
I'm not on Apple's payroll. I just use them, and find it amazing how much vitriol is displayed towards this inconsequential platform from insecure PeeCeers.
Relaxe.
I have nothing particularly personal against Macs.
My brother-in-law uses his to burn my home movies to DVD and I cannot think of a better machine for the task.
I do, however, take particular "glee" from the relatively easy baiting of Mac-groupies. It really is too easy.
As far as "insecure" goes;
1. I'm incredibly confident that I can go to nearly any US corporation and be perfectly capable of using their systems without issue.
2. I am secure in my knowlege that my platform will get first crack at any new software and that I won't have to wait two years until the publishers get around to making a half-ass version for the Mac.
The transition to the Intel architecture must have sponsored at least a few dozen suicides by now ;)
It's clear from your own reply that the vitriol goes both ways!