Lenovo XP Mode versus Windows XP Mode?

I'm in the process of setting up a new W520 that was ordered with the "Windows XP Mode" option. The relevant menu folder has entries for both a "Lenovo XP Mode" and the expected "Windows XP Mode."
What's the difference, if any?
I hesitate to do the obvious and try them both since going through the "first boot" process is not reversable and there may (or may not) be advantages to initializing one of these over the other.
A 'net search for "Lenovo XP Mode" was a dead end.
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Yep, I have read the MS and Ars articles. I too doubt, as you note, that Lenovo made a de novo XP environment but they may have, for example, customized an OEM version to include additional (or different) hooks into the system hardware or environment. Somebody must know why there are distinct entities.
I'm also another true believer in TrueImage and did capture images before the box's first boot and then after finishing initial setup, with several more on the schedule as I go through the process of getting it tweaked and peaked. So I could do an image, experiment a bit, and then turn back the clock. May have to, if the hive mind doesn't have the answer.

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