I wonder...do the makers of MacOS use old macs? Do the makers of Windows use old ibm pc clones? You can learn to empathize with your user by testing on a range

I wonder...do the makers of MacOS use old macs? Do the makers of Windows use old ibm pc clones? You can learn to empathize with your user by testing on a range of hardware that would simulate their environment. Your own development hardware doesn't need to be handicapped for this to happen. This is all very context specific. If I am developer working on a web app, and my shop uses several heavy but feature rich IDEs, chances are I need pretty decent hardware. If I'm programming nintendo gaming cartridges, I'd probably be ok with simpler hardware.