It's basically for the fun of it. Trying out exotic hardware and getting out of your comfort-zone. For me it's just exploring things and maybe a reason to dust

It's basically for the fun of it. Trying out exotic hardware and getting out of your comfort-zone. For me it's just exploring things and maybe a reason to dust off those gadgets and play around with them. OTOH VMs are of course faster, more practical and even sometomes more reliable. For anything serious I'd be using one (and even am, for work, etc.)