I bought mine when it fiest came out and I’m not really having any major issues. I find the screen rotation will occasionally act flaky and I had to reboot a couple of times because the keyboard wouldn’t come up qhen I touched a dialog box, but that stopped with the last update. Sorry you’re having trouble.
I definitely agree about the vibe being different in the mid 90s to the early 00s. Lots of passion and energy about the tech. I don’t think it’s all gone but it’s definitely nowhere near as intense.