I'm going to guess that if your wife's new computer were to die for some reason, you might want to be able to give her yours to use, while you go back to your Casio (or nothing). In that case, do you want to give her a computer she already knows how to use? Or a Descent?
Well, allow me...

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The biggest problem with braided hoses (like MiFlex) are that they commonly fail (WHEN they fail) in a way that you cannot foresee by visual inspection. In other words, you can thoroughly examine one and have it appear to be totally fine, and it still fail catastrophically in the water.
In contrast, rubber hoses ALMOST always will show signs of impending failure. You will see cracks, or a bulge, or a fine shower of bubbles coming out in the water. All warning signs that the hose is going to go soon, allowing you to replace it before it actually blows during a dive.
MiFlex hoses used to offer the advantage of being more flexible than rubber hoses. No more. You can now get rubber hoses that are just as flexible as braided hoses. And they are smooth, so they don't rub anything like braided hoses can.
The battery drain issue is specific to the Teric. I have 2 Terics. I've had them serviced (battery or complete board replacement) a combined total of about 7 times now. But, they are still my preferred dive computer. Despite the battery discharging more quickly than the factory spec says they should, they still last plenty long enough on a full charge for several days of diving. Their battery drain issue has never been remotely severe enough that I have missed a dive or had a dive cut short because of it.
Slow and expensive servicing has been reported by some Shearwater users in Europe. Not an issue here in the U.S..
No. Everyone recognizes that the Teric batteries have some kind of issue that may still be unresolved. I think Shearwater knows about it, too. But, they have not publicly acknowledged the issue. And that may be as simple as them not having a solid fix identified. I don't know.