If you check my answers to other questions like what is my equipment, what is in my bag, etc. you will see that Iʼm a road warrior. Iʼm ready to work wherever I may go, and my travel gear includes my trustworthy notebook.
However, I worked with desktop computers for almost 15 years. This includes a lot of things on the spectrum from a computer under my desk to a whole room of servers in data centres. I got used to the constant murmuring of ventilation. Iʼm not addicted, but I like it much more if I can hear the power under my code.
I could live without the sound of HDDs, though.