OS X looks far better than XP to me. XP looks cartoony and can only begin to emulate OSX features. The lack of skins for OSX is a minor disapointment. I ha ve heard of usermade skins though. Anyway, I like the feel of OSX vs. XP although they both are pretty nice. The bottom line is, OSX=BSD WinXP=WinNT. BIG difference.