I don't think anyone is arguing that 64-bit is not the way to go. :-) If you have $200k hardware (like some sort of machine) in daily use that requires that ol

I don't think anyone is arguing that 64-bit is not the way to go. :-) If you have $200k hardware (like some sort of machine) in daily use that requires that old Windows, you're going to skip more than one Windows upgrade cycle.