The GPU is pretty great, and capable of running a lot of games well. If you’re looking for stuff that’s trackpad friendly, maybe pick up Vampire Survivors and/or Halls of Torment.

I’ve had a similar experience so far. My adaptive brightness hasn’t been working though, so I think it’s mostly that it’ll be on max brightness and I won’t realize. I’m not sure what battery life I should expect on max brightness, even just browsing around

If you want cheap, good quality cables, check out Monoprice. They sell on Amazon, as well as their own site. I buy pretty much all of my cables from them.