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> XP already has most of those


Exposé -- A way to quickly see and pick-from ALL of your
windows, both on- and off-screen.

If you think XP has this feature, then you haven't seen
the feature yet. :-)


iChat AV -- Built-in video conferencing using the well-established
"chat" motif.

OK. So long as you have a Hotmail E-Mail account.


Multiple simultaneous log-ons with very fast switching among
the logged-on users.

AFAIK, XP allows only a single MAIN SCREENlog-on to any given
machine. Panther is going to allow multiple users to be logged-on
to the workstation main display(s) simultaneously, allowing rapid
switching between the multiple logged-on users.


File Vault -- Files stored with built-in 128-bit encryption. This
could be handy when John Ashcroft knocks on your door.

This one I believe that XP has. (Well, at least if you buy
the "Pro" edition.) But given Microsoft, it's almost-certainly
got deliberate or inadvertent holes in the security. Win/2K
required a patch before you could use full 128-bit encryption;
does XP as well?


Postcript printer sharing -- Serve out your locally-connected
printers (even inkjet raster devices) as network PostScript printers.

XP has a built-in PostScript RIP?


Handwriting recognition...

I think you may be confusing Office XP with Windows/XP. Recognition
appears to be a feature of Office XP, whereas the Mac offers it as
part of the base operating system, usable in any application.


Atlant