Anyway, i read all the topic and i'm still very confused, and i'm not the one.
I think the short story is that you're supposed to shell out big bucks for hardware some anonymous programmer you've never met is going to maybe produce code for sometime that may or may not bring a ROI but they'll get their 4% whatever.
And if you think old asics are just space heaters, this hardware won't even keep your basement warm.
If you think that is the short story then you are just as confused as the guy you are replying to.