Many have already posted how pleased they are with this model and I agree.  Great speed, and response.  Pay an extra 200 by getting an extra 1tb ssd and 1tb ssd m.2 drive and install them.  I have Crusial and a Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB NVMe PCIe M.2.  Don't waste money buying M.2 Heatsink Copper, m2 pcie NVMe Laptop Heatsink Copper，with Silicone Thermal Pad, for M.2 2280 SSD Laptop because the sdd already has a good copper heatsink.  I liked the thickness of the 3rd party heatsink but it was too thick to play around with in the Predator.Things to note:1.  This is not the RGB version.  keyboard is only blue.  Emblem on back lights up blue as well.  You can turn it up in brightness or off.2.  Track pad can be turned off.  Really nice.3.  Boot time insanely fast.4.  Ubuntu and Kubuntu will install, but you need to:  a.  Turn on computer immediately hit F2.  Go to boot menu.  b.  Make a password for your Bios, i used same as to log into windows so it is consistent.  c.  Turn off secure boot.  d  Turn on boot option for F12.  e.  Go selection for intel Optaine Premium.  Change to ACHI  f.  Put in your USB and make sure it has linux on it.  g.  Restart immediately hit F12 and select your linux flavor  h.  Install.  BUT in your INSTALL make sure your boot loader is sent to your windows operating system's M.2. in linux it will be a weird name, not sda etc.  i.  Restart and hit F12.  j.  If you select Windows Boot Manager you will get a blue Error page.  SO DON'T do that yet.  Instead go to your Linux option and make sure it boots up correctly.  k.  Once you have linux up and running then restart.  You don't need Grub Customizer, it will only show you your linux not windows.  l.  After restart hit F2 immediately.  Change ACHI back to Intel Optane, which is the middle option, I did not test on Premium.  So don't select Optane Premium.  m.  Save and restart.  Hit F12  n.  Don't go into your options yet.  Go to Windows option hit F6 to move it up to the primary. then hit enter.  You should boot into windows.  o.  When you want to boot into linux just use the F12 option and it will take you to the Linux partition.  You will not see Grub show up.Runs great.  Look for limitations on line with Ubuntu/Kubuntu regarding no ability for Linux to choose between Intel graphics and nvidia which does consume alot of power.  No use of turbo or fan options built into the Acer..Hope this helps someone.