Magic Stat, who has magic at 2 or 3? Options

[Riley37]

I expect that rules-testing or rules-tweaking builds for Awakened characters will take Magic at 5 or 6. When building a PCs to play for the fun of roleplaying in a party, do you ever take Magic at 2, 3 or 4? or even 1? Do you imagine your PC has having Awakened with a Magic of 1 and then developed until they became a 400-point character (or whatever you're using for chargen)?

As GM, do you write NPCs with Magic of 1-4? Do you stipulate mages and adepts with Magic of 1-3 as part of the background, perhaps the majority of Awakened people but not the ones that PCs tend to interact with in the specialized world of shadowrunning?

Have you played an Awakened character with a chargen Magic of 1, and a lot of mundane skills (and good non-implanted gear), then invested most or all of your Karma into rapid development of magical potential?