There are FPGA synthesis tools that recommend 32GB (Depending on the chip you are targeting). If you have to keep jumping between an office desk and an R&D lab

There are FPGA synthesis tools that recommend 32GB (Depending on the chip you are targeting). If you have to keep jumping between an office desk and an R&D lab then an ultrabook is convenient. Arguably you can schedule an FPGA synthesis or bitstream generation job on a build server rather than locally but I am just saying this an example of a use-case.