@Slayer: Bloat and excuses
I'll admit I am just speculating about the bloat issue, but lets face it: You say you'll gladly take a little bloat so you can run 16 bit apps. Someone else says they'll gladly take a little bloat so that they can run some old hardware that very few people use. Another guy says he'll gladly take a little bloat in order to do some oddball thing that no one else does... it all adds up!
Rick