Of course. A laptop, no matter how powerful and well designed, is always going to be a compromise compared to a desktop, in terms of raw power and relative cost

Of course. A laptop, no matter how powerful and well designed, is always going to be a compromise compared to a desktop, in terms of raw power and relative cost. The tradeoff is convenience, where you would have single machine that is able to fill all your needs (power and mobility), instead of two. But, for me at least, in the end it's not worth it. Also, cloud and sync services made working in parallel on multiple machines almost painless.