Apple a user on my new Powerbook

Just configured my new Powerbook and I find in System Preferences>Accounts that Apple has a user account. How did this get there? And is this s.o.p. now?

... Apple has a user account. How did this get there? And is this s.o.p. now?
It's not s.o.p. as far as I know; Apple certainly didn't have a user account on my PB when I got it in mid March of this year.
I can only speculate as to how it might have gotten there; perhaps they spot test certain machines at random off the line, and put them through their paces using an "Apple" user account as a quality control measure. Perhaps the test account is supposed to be deleted when the testing's complete, but in your case they forgot to delete the account.
Like I said, it's just a total guess, but it kind of sounds plausible.

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