Windows 95/98 are not even in the same league as 2k/NT 4.0. XP has it's up's and down's.

I personally will not use vista. I support the project but I believe anything after 2k is a waste of time. If you are having that big of problems with finding things for 95/98 then it's a user error . 2k is more of a professional style OS and not a gaming system.

Now for the 64/128 bit comment. I'm sure there will be support for 32bit apps and such. Microsoft willnever completely kill off the whole 32bit apps and things that are supported by it. It's how they money comes in. It is good they are reaching out and trying new things and making the improvements that it needs but it will not be 100% reliable for another few years.

If your only concern is finding reliable drivers and components thenyou should read up more on search engines. Sometime's it may take me an hour just to find one driver because the conpany doesnt support it on their site anymore but I dont rule out the performance fo the OS and it's hardware.

-josh_rain