90% of the time I have my laptop at a desk with two monitors connected to it and a 3rd party keyboard and mouse. But for that 10% of the time I'm using it in a

90% of the time I have my laptop at a desk with two monitors connected to it and a 3rd party keyboard and mouse. But for that 10% of the time I'm using it in a hotel, at a coffee shop, at my in-laws, or simply on the couch, nothing comes close to Apples hardware for me and it's worth it for that 10% of usage. At the end of the day portability is very important for me. In fact, I have an upstairs workstation (with two monitors, mouse and keyboard) and a downstairs workstation with the same setup. Upstairs is the stereotypical office, where I do my day job. Downstairs is the hobbyist environment/workstation where I have musical equipment, exercise equipment, paint equipment, etc. I simply swap my laptop between these two stations. I find it beneficial to have this workstation available here for aspects of learning related to these hobbies. If money weren't an issue I suppose I could have two dedicated desktops for this setup, but even then, there are space savings with my current setup.