Scala was a unique language a few years ago. I'm very happy I adopt it a few years ago and I owe it a lot. As a lot of other modern languages or features of mainstream ones do.
However, with the existing alternatives nowdays, Scala doesn't hold the same position. I have not coded in Scala for ~2 years and I'm not sure I'll ever need to.
Anyway, all the best for Scala's awesome team and its ecosystem.
I'm also considering going back to a custom build desktop. Lots of flexibility, much more stronger, cheaper, upgradable, etc. I'm already connecting my laptop to a display and mechanical keyboard and mouse. Specially now we work from home and probably continue doing so which I enjoy a lot, I can just put the laptop aside for rare cases I need a mobile computer.