One previous employer had a corporate policy that forbade having low-end computers for testing. The closest we could come was to test the desktop software in a

One previous employer had a corporate policy that forbade having low-end computers for testing. The closest we could come was to test the desktop software in a virtual, and starve the virtual for memory. When we had to move to .NET 3.5 for some feature, there were about a dozen customers we had to refund because they were still using Win2k as late as 2009. This software was primarily used by accountants and actuaries, an audience well known for being technology laggards.