Buy a $5 mouse and an OEM copy of Win 7 Ultimate from newegg for $89 (or whatever it turns out to be), like anyone with a brain did for Vista Ultimate.
You people really do live in your own little world, don't you? The average person hasn't a friggin' clue what Ubuntu is, never mind thoughts of installing it on their computer. LMAO.
I don't care for OSX at all. I hate the way the window manager works, for one, and I don't like the model where I make changes and close instead of saving or applying, giving me the chance to stop the change. Maybe because I'm used to the way Windows works, but, nonetheless, at least for me, your statement is false.
Lithium polymer batteries are no joke. They can explode and mess you up if you happen to be too close to them when they do. Panasonic is only trying to protect the consumers of their products.