Most of the bloat in vista is the audio/video overhead. Also they have alot of extras like you said that I don't use. Also i belive the driver catalog is slimmer on server 2008 becuase they got rid of alot more legacy stuff becuase people normally update server hardware more often then home hardware and servers have alot less legacy hardware on it then a desktop does. windows 2008 r2 is 64 bit only I belive. (still has 32 bit compats.)

Yes, Microsoft dropped the 32-bit OS for Windows Server 2008 R2. I think I read somewhere that Windows 7 is the last 32-bit client OS, but that may not be the case.

they should totally drop 32 bit anyways. people need to get with the times!

They had probably planned to but realized that people with older computers running Windows XP would need another 32-bit version. I wouldn't be surprised if they probably drop it in Windows 8 (or whatever they decide to call it).

I think they have better luck when they release as a yearversion rather then a vanity name like Millenium Edition or Vista (marketing) did.

windows 2000 did good, 2003, and s 2008 did.

Different development teams. The Windows NT team did good. The Windows Server Team (old NT team I think) have always done it right.

Microsoft should also drop those "program files (x86)" crap as well. Although this means no x86 apps can be installed, but atleast developers will start coding native x64 softwares.

Incorrect. I install many programs, both 64-bit and 32-bit, to E:\Program Files\, it makes no difference where they are installed. The reason why ProgFilesx86 exists is because of WoW64 (Windows on Windows 64) internal duplicates - for example there is both a 64-bit and 32-bit version of the Sidebar.

To get rid of it would be the same thing as getting rid of System32 It's for backwards compatibility with legacy programs (in this case, it'd be some sort of Vista gadget I think - it installs to the ProgFilesx86 folder but the 64-bit version still sees the installed gadgets from the 32-bit version).

ok, thanks for correcting me
But i want and hope microsoft gets rid off all those 32bit stuffs for windows 8, that means no legacy apps, but only x64 software.

Yeah, I hope so too. For old schoolers like myself, they would be much better off with a fully seperate, core virtualization/emulation of traditional Win32 binaries.

Windows 8 probably won't exist by the way, but that's only my sort-of-expert opinion. Chances are it will be something completely new - and I REALLY hope it's based off Microsoft Singularity rather than continually-expanded Windows NT.

[FYI: Virtualization is practically the same as emulation, however a "virtualized" guest does not emulate the CPU (sometimes other components too) since the hardware is already capable of doing it natively]

EDIT: Sorry, not Singularity. I ment Midori.