My ideal setup is a multi-monitored station with a nice chair and an awesome view of a beach.
Yeah, different needs for different people & tasks. But there's nothing intrinsically wrong or difficult with working on just a laptop.
I dream of being able to work on just an e-ink tablet with Bluetooth keyboard...
Maybe I'm thinking of a somewhat utopian scenario, but I'd take a laptop plus a nice house in a nice environment over most office rooms any day.
And I think it's really important not to overwork. To the point where I'd optimize everything around it. If the software I'm making requires me to be at a computer coding or fixing bugs for eight hours every day, I'd consider that a problem to be fixed immediately.
But that's a much larger issue!
Anyway, different strokes, and it's great to have someplace to sit, but even if you give me a private office I'll probably migrate towards the kitchen table if only to have better coffee access—or go outside.
I had that in Hawai'i. It's more of a distraction than you might think.