The sad part is that most developers will be using these faster machines and to them their software will seem super snappy. But the poor folks with non-state of

The sad part is that most developers will be using these faster machines and to them their software will seem super snappy. But the poor folks with non-state of the art machines will experience much slower experiences. It creates a dynamic where other users are forced to upgrade just to use basic software. In the past, I developed on old hardware (or at least tested on old hardware). If the software was performant on my old machine, it was bound to be fine for most others.