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by BorisMelnik 4219 days ago
I run Ubuntu on the Toshiba Satelite P96X and man do I love this thing. Tore out the DVD drive and stuck another SSD inside which lightened the load and obviously added more storage. Also swapped the primary HDD with an SSD.

The rig is now 4-5 years old has 12GB RAM and a 2nd gen i5 in it and this thing FLIES. Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Skype, and tons of browser tabs it does not miss a beat. You can prob pick this version up for $3-400 or a new one for $7-800 I beleive they all come installed with Windows but this model very *nix friendly.