I think that if you’re in the business of building compilers, tools, and OS level/system software you could give your users a leg up by using a low end, refurbi

I think that if you’re in the business of building compilers, tools, and OS level/system software you could give your users a leg up by using a low end, refurbished machine as your main. If you can make it fast enough to be your daily driver then it will certainly be fast for the majority of your users. And you can support more users: those who can’t afford high end machines or those who don’t want to for climate/ecological reasons. There is still a ton of good hardware out there that doesn’t need to be e-waste.