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I do sympathise where you coming from and faced a similar issue when a previous company installed monitoring software on the dev machines. I noted the difference in feedback loop times (from a few sec's to well over a minute) and how often I would compile/transpile in an hour. I used those stats to let the company know how much of an impact it was on my workflow. I also provided a script for IT to run so they could test fixes.

Recently I blew a laptop while travelling and ended up using one of the new Raspberry pi 4's. While not Java with IntelliJ, it didn't impact my workflow significantly and I found it quite easy to work with.

Creating a small set of test scripts could allow you to test your options. I also like the PI idea as you may be able to include it as part of the admission fees to your bootcamp.

Overall your issue impacts the amount of time students have to learn in the classroom. Unfortunately they don't necessarily know any better. If you can prove this impacts being able to cover the course content sufficiently that may be more understandable to a non-tech.