Did future-proofing pay off for you?

Inspired by this post from @Steelhead1957 I decided to put together a poll for those who had purchased a higher end configuration for the purposes of future-proofing to see if that decision paid off. I'd like to limit responses from those who primarily purchased a higher configuration for the purposes of future-proofing. So what say you? Did buying more than your current needs pay off? You bought more than you needed and with you hadn't? Something else? ​