The MacOS required the computer to be named back in its earliest stages and still does; I'm not sure when Microsoft OS started, but I'm guessing that it began with the use of the GUI. So no, you aren't a loser TK - every computer wants a name when you first set it up.Not paranoia, MB... but I don't think that is something that can really be traced easily.
Of course, when I do an initial setup, I don't fill in a lot of the information that they want - name, address, phone number, email address, that sort of stuff. They are required fields, but I put in generic info. As far as my computer knows, I live in a city named "city."
I'm surprised I'm the first one to admit this, but my old computer was named HAL.