Is Apple under attack from a whisper campaign?

With the political super-season gearing up, come accusations of “whisper campaigns,” or the spreading of false, damaging rumors from unknown sources. Based on a casual comment from an acquaintance, Apple might be under the same type of attack. Here’s the background: Believe it or not, I associate with people who don’t use Macs and have never used Macs. And I don’t hold this against them. (For the record, my first PC at work was the DOS-based IBM XT and I’ve worked my way though Windows 95 and XP on PCs that I’ve owned. Now, I can run Parallels on my Intel-based Mac, so the world is much brighter place than before.) The other day, I happened to be talking to…