Microsoft Unveils a Brand New Windows Logo
A window for Windows, of course!
Windows 8's Metro UI is a pretty dramatic departure from what most Windows users are used to. In light of this, Microsoft has seen fit to redesign the Windows logo we've all come to know and love. The company unveiled the new logo via the Windows Team Blog late on Friday afternoon. Have a look at the brand new logo, as well as a timeline of Windows logos, below:
Microsoft's Sam Moreau explains that over the years, and as the operating system evolved from Windows 1.0 to Windows Vista and Windows 7, the Windows logo had evolved from a simple window to a waving flag. However, Microsoft is eager to take Windows back to the logo that started it all.
" [...] if you look back to the origins of the logo you see that it really was meant to be a window," Sam says. "'Windows' really is a beautiful metaphor for computing and with the new logo we wanted to celebrate the idea of a window, in perspective."
So really, Microsoft hasn't done much in the way of re-designing so much as return to the old concept of a window to represent Windows. Obviously it's got a very Windows 8/Windows Phone 7 feel to it, but what's got us most excited is the fact that this likely means 'Windows 8' isn't just a codename. Microsoft hasn't ever confirmed that Windows 8 will be what the next version of Windows will be called, but it's hard to imagine the company unveiling a new logo featuring the Windows 8 name if it's not the official title.

I wonder how much money they spent on coming up with that logo... The whole marketing department of Microsoft is a shambles.
Will Microsoft finally OPEN their Window on their Logo?
the saddest true thing i read all day... they changed an icon, into the most generic thing they possible could.
BMW Logo white and Blue
Ford.... F O R D
Microcrap changes Logo -yet again- and this is worth a 2nd article?
Slow new day I guess ?
I wonder how much money they spent on coming up with that logo... The whole marketing department of Microsoft is a shambles.
The other lesson is, wait for Windows 9 if you can
Still performance-wise Windows 8 is great but god, it looks so bad on a PC. Yeah, it's great for tablets but for PC you definitely need to disable the Metro UI and use it with an improved Windows 7 interface. ( 10sec registry work)
What was wrong with either of the past two.
MS paid some guy millions to do this.
http://windows8themes.org/pics/windows-8-logo-6.JPG
[insert any half skilled pc user's name here] 5 minutes with photoshop
enough said. the comment above about breaking stuff that works is, sadly, too true.