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.
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It reminds me of something... it's a window!
It fits the theme of Windows 8: ugly.
Micrsoft "We mess with things that already works fine"
looks like MS lifted that logo from a construction or vinyl replacement window company...
I have a feeling this design will look extremely dated in only a couple of years. This fad of requiring simplicity and clean lines won't last forever.
Waiting for Windows 10 Logo.
Will Microsoft finally OPEN their Window on their Logo?
Micrsoft "We mess with things that already works fine"
the saddest true thing i read all day... they changed an icon, into the most generic thing they possible could.
nasty, I'm sticking with 7 it looks like (not just because of that butt ugly logo).
Wow! After 20+ years we are getting the sam Logo as Windows 1.0
Does it mean that Windows 8 will be a 16 bit shell over DOS again?
Windows 1.0 was a poor rip-off, I guess Windows 8 will try to rip off Apple iOS again?
Don't you feel its a bit nostalgic?
Mercedes Star....3 points in a circle for 100+ years
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 ?
Are they serious? The 4-coloured logo they used for the last 20 years is instantly recognizable by almost anyone. The new logo isn't just ugly. It's also meaningless to the vast majority of consumers.
I wonder how much money they spent on coming up with that logo... The whole marketing department of Microsoft is a shambles.
hmmm I know windows ME was a flop... but pretending it didn't exist on the time line is funny...
The lesson from the picture is simple, whenever the logo is a windows flag with plain black text, that OS is good.
The other lesson is, wait for Windows 9 if you can
In the immortal words of Gob Bluth "I've made a huge mistake..."
It's so fucking.... ugly.
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)
Must have taken a lot of talent and effort to create that........
I do not like it.
What was wrong with either of the past two.
Where's the Windows 95 logo?
Popular forms of torture in days of yore include thumbscrews, bamboo under the fingernails and Windows Millenium. Just displaying the Windows Me icon on your computer can cause random lockups and process slowdowns. Be thankful they didn't include it in their timeline.
http://www.geek.com/wp-content/upl [...] _logo2.jpg
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.
I laughed at the fact that Windows ME wasn't even mentioned on that timeline. I guess because it's the OS that's best forgotten.
I actually enjoyed the Preview when I had it on my machine. It was fast and if you get use to the tiles and how to switch between the desktop and the tiles you navigate through stuff really quickly. It actually seemed to speed up my interaction with the PC. Took a second to get used to it though.
It is very plain, blah and ugly.
MS needs to hire a better designer/artist as this logo is atrocious, horrible and terrible.
I expected much better for the new Windows 8.
Back to the drawing board.
So I guess they decided to not go with their original windows 8 logo and box art?
http://i.imgur.com/hu11g.jpg
I forgot to mention that I really do hate this ugly new logo.
I forgot to mention that I really do hate this ugly new logo.
I hope they didn't pay someone to basically take the windows 1.0 logo then just skew it and add new text...
The windows 7 logo was the best one so far in my opinion, it is simple and instantly recognizable as a windows OS.
The new windows 8 logo looks like the crusades flag where armies of brainwashed people headed into neighboring cities in order to kill the men and rape and pillage the women and children.
(may actually be microsofts intension especially since they basically attempted to modernize windows ME)
while everybody's going 3D and color, let's do something different and go 2D and monochrome
"Microsoft Unveils a BLand New Windows Logo"
xp logo FTW!! it had a windows version and an emoticon in it! plus, first black borderless logo!!
this post is not a serious post!!
Its a great logo that allows them to display it as ANY color and still be very recognizable. It also goes perfectly with their Metro theme. Sorry folks but gradients are out for big name logos because they aren't as versatile as solid colors.
Does it mean I will have to change my keyboard to have the new Windows key working in 8?