Keep in mind that the 7000 X3D processors lagged the non-X3D processors by ~6months so if that follows for the 8000 series you might still be quite a ways out from those.
I don't believe MS ever had onsite fitness centers. Employees got subsidized memberships to offsite gyms, but the only things onsite were/are playfields and showers for bike commuters, etc.
Food might have been okay by 90s standards, but was pretty mediocre overall until ~2010 when they started redoing all the cafes to have a higher quality food. Still, it was slightly subsidized but not free and many, many employees went offsite or brought food from home.
I also have an improved opinion of season 5 after the latest re-watch. It always seems like it goes off the rails in the early in the season, but those story lines come around and resolve themselves in reasonable ways.
> though like many, I appreciated season 2 a lot more in retrospect
I just finished my third rewatch last night and I honestly like season 2 more each time I watch it. It might be my second favorite season after season 4.