Was a macbookpro user for a decade+ then dropped laptops for desktop machines, first imacpro, currently ryzen 12 core. I no longer understand why I had a laptop

Was a macbookpro user for a decade+ then dropped laptops for desktop machines, first imacpro, currently ryzen 12 core. I no longer understand why I had a laptop for so long. Status I guess (only talking about me)