In addition to other responses: there is not much difference in practice between a desktop and a laptop in a large office environment. Sure developer gets nice

In addition to other responses: there is not much difference in practice between a desktop and a laptop in a large office environment. Sure developer gets nicer than average desktop, but generally something in line of what you can have on a laptop and they are generally stuck with that config until the next company refresh. So the choice becomes a desktop or a laptop with exactly the same configuration and the same effective extensibility. Why would you not take the laptop, which also allows you to work from home, carry at meetings, ... ?