I hate waiting for compilations. For day-to-day it may only be a minute or two, but once you start doing another task, the context switching distracts from what you were doing before and breaks everything up. Life is too short to be waiting for computers.
If it makes a net positive impact on your life, and you recycle it, what’s the problem? There’s always a need for computers, even old ones, and if not, there’s always a need for their parts. Similarly, the more new ones that are purchased, and the more old ones that are recycled, contributes to better economies of scale.
Regardless, though, I’m glad you didn’t go that route, because this solution is incredible.
