Yes, the older one is XP looking, the newer is not.
However, I saw the library of native-VFP classes which use Windows API to create real XP-style common controls. It was somewhere in the download section of this site. It was paid and I never tested it.
/A new technology turns into completely outdated stuff before you have a time to read "Getting Started..." section.
/If there are some "system programmers" then others are unsystematic.