I have been messing with the tools in Kali Linux, and I have decided I need a hard drive on which to test forensics capabilities. I'm guessing I can do a mockup of a hard drive on a usb and practice with that. We shall see.

I just ordered a Panasonic CF-C1 Toughbook for $149 on eBay. It is one of the semi-rugged ones, and it has some cracks in the plastic, but for $149 (inclusing free shipping), that's amazing. I can duct tape that sucker. Here are the specs as told by the seller:

Panasonic ToughBook CF-C1
Touch Screen
Intel Core i5 2.4Ghz
500GB HD, 4GB Memory
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I set up a VM in VirtualBox with Kali Linux so I can practice pen testing. I encountered a bug that no matter what I did, NAT mode setup would not work at resolving DNS for VirtualBox. I had to set it up as Bridged mode, and was able to resolve fine.
Needless to say, I got extra practice due to all of the troubleshooting.