Agreed. I spent 18 years working primarily on a laptop, and was happy with it. But then I gradually switched to a desktop for the last 7 year with tons of screen space (46" 4K plus 2 24" "wing" monitors. But for the last 6 months I've been working at home, and having my primary machine be able to move to and from the office easily, sounds pretty good what with the pandemic situation.

My setup now is a laptop with the USB-C docking station. So I plug in one USB-C cable and get:

30" external display, ErgoDox Ez, USB mouse, bigger speakers, 120W power, Mic for zoom calls.