What is the obsession with laptops? While I fully understand they have their uses, I don't understand why someone who is employed full-time doing programming wo

What is the obsession with laptops? While I fully understand they have their uses, I don't understand why someone who is employed full-time doing programming would cripple their own work environment by using a laptop. I've been hearing and reading about laptop complaints for years from "professional" programmers. It's very easy to avoid so many problems by building your own desktop. If money isn't an issue then just buy one prebuilt.