No, I disagree.   One thing a native install does for you _immediately_ is (since you run on localhost) the debug_toolbar and admin interface to the various servers.   If the "easy install" via vagrant / VMs shows no path to that, it simply isn't equivalent.   It's the first thing I noticed, and the first thing that bothered me.   That's why this section is here - to say:  "here's how you get at this..".