There is actually one reason to do a software development on a laptop: if I don't have a good enough place for work. Laptop is essentially a set of compromises:

There is actually one reason to do a software development on a laptop: if I don't have a good enough place for work. Laptop is essentially a set of compromises: between computing power and battery life, between screen size and weight, between sense of pressing keys and thikness, between using mouse and forgetting to take one on the go.