I don't see it as crippling at all... I don't develop on a 486 :) But you also don't need to sit on an i7 either which was the thought in the article. If your t

I don't see it as crippling at all... I don't develop on a 486 :) But you also don't need to sit on an i7 either which was the thought in the article. If your target audience is using typical hardware then most of the time you can easily use typical + 1 to develop. Then you can spot issues as they arise and not later when you kick to the test environment. The more you can catch in-process is less you have to re-architect later. Of course every situation will vary. Just my thoughts anyhow.