However, Windows Vista does sport a new look and feel. Some of it is just eye candy, but some of it is useful. Either way, I definitely agree that Windows Vista looks better. When I downgraded back to XP, I did miss the Aero look. I did not miss the system load it took to run Aero, but I missed the visuals. So, I was interested to see how much I could make Windows XP look like Windows Vista. Here’s what I found.