Apple was the first to remove DRM
Oh yes, but only after a Skandinavian country protested about the iTunes/iPod anti-trust situation and the EU then decided to make a case about it...only then did Apple act, in fear.
Having a dominant poistion in one market (mp3 players) and then forcing users to manage their purchased music on Apple iTunes and iPod only (to kill off the competition) is parallel to having a dominant poistion in the OS market and ensuring that everyone gets an internet brower for free (to kill off the competition). The former is of course Apple and the latter of course M/S.
Finally OSX is not as secure as any OS can be, it has a reputation to be virus safe but that is mainly thanks to its small market share (hackers go for the biggest target) and Apple's lack of flexibility that permits tighter controls. Mac users willingly suffer that lack of flexibility and choice. Either way, the Mac experience will continue to get more and more security problems. A secure OS that was "as secure as an OS could be" would perhaps have the name "Trusted Solaris", it is certainly not OSX.
I regularly review my poistion to see if there is Mac hardware or OS that suits me, so far the advantages of compatibility and flexibilty that comes with Windows has always won my vote, despite the extra effort that may be needed to keep a machine in a reliable config - most of this effort is discipline.
Both companies and their products are equally bad.