Sorry, 60 minutes was my personal thinking of "programmers attend a meeting". I'm still not sure I see your point. You can pay programmers $1-$2 a minute to do

Sorry, 60 minutes was my personal thinking of "programmers attend a meeting". I'm still not sure I see your point. You can pay programmers $1-$2 a minute to do nothing or you can pay them to do something you need done. If you get them a slow machine such that 10-30 minutes a day they are sitting around waiting for a compile, link, or other long build step you're paying them to sit around. Seems like a waste of money. If you can reduce that 10-30 minutes day just a few minutes (say 8 to 24 mintes a day) at least some of those minutes you're already paying for are actually going toward what you want them to go toward (work)