the xp 'look', not surprisingly, is kind of a mac os x (pronounced 'ten') ripoff, but in a very via-quicktime-4 sort of way. hmm. biting apple's gui got microsoft where they are today, but the qt4 ui ranks up there with the g4 cube for apple what-were-they-thinking?-ness. nevertheless, it looks like translucent desktop items and giant icons are the way of the future.