My work-issued 2015 MacBook Pro is starting to show signs of battery problems. The bottom cover has started to bulge slightly (it no longer sits flat on my desk), and the battery life has noticeably dropped. I reported this to our IT department and they ordered a replacement (2018 model) for me. When I showed the old one to our on-site IT guy, he said "Oh, that's not too bad, I've seen a lot of much worse ones!" Am I silly to think that with what Apple hardware costs, the batteries should be a little better behaved?
Anyhow, I just received the replacement a couple of hours ago. I still need to reinstall some stuff and migrate my Linux development VM over, but I can already confidently say that I really, really hate the new keyboard and touchbar, and I'm not a big fan of the giant-a** touchpad either. The keyboard feels like I am typing on mouse buttons (the switch travel is that minimal), and I've already had a couple of instances where I've accidentally moved the pointer by brushing against the trackpad, just getting things set up. Oh well... unless I am working on the train I use an external keyboard and mouse anyway, so it won't affect me when I'm at my desk.
IT also gave me the pile of special cables and adapters I need to have working DP, USB, and Ethernet ports, so I guess I'm all set...