Tecra 500CDT for me. Dual booted Windows largely for DOS gaming, and Debian.
But what I really wanted (and still occasionally look up on eBay) was one of the tiny Librettos. Never took the dive though and as the years passed the spec became harder and harder to justify.
I had a Tecra 500CS in high school. Used to carry it in my bookbag, no case or anything. It was an absolute beast, and the first machine I ever installed Linux on - Slackware 3.4, via floppy disk sets because I couldn't afford a CD drive on top of the machine itself, which even used cost me an entire summer job's proceeds. It did have a built-in modem, though, and that sure was handy.
I suppose I shouldn't talk of it in the past tense. After all, I still have it, and it still works after all these years.
I'm pretty sure I didn't yet know Debian existed. Also, my mom would've been pissed at me tying up the phone line that long. Disks I could download piecemeal, one or two a night, while I was staying up far longer than I should to get on the MUCKs while the west coast folks were around.
But what I really wanted (and still occasionally look up on eBay) was one of the tiny Librettos. Never took the dive though and as the years passed the spec became harder and harder to justify.