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Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987

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Re: Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987

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Post by wprater »

fuzzix wrote: post #8
VMG wrote: post #5

Interesting... I've never seen this before: http://i.imgur.com/Ag3fl.jpg Edit: found better res

I did vote for that one, but I am listening to 80s metal right now - that may have influenced me.

I voted for that one too! Never seen it; spitting image of MegaDeth or Metallica! Haha

Re: Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987

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Post by state »

zerostar07 wrote: post #13
sandis wrote: post #3

Looks more like a new version of Windows logo to me.

I assume it's intentional. Isn't OSX full of apples here and there?

But Apple isn't full of OSX logos. It seems weird that the windows association needs to stay in their primary mark.

Re: Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987

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Post by pyre »

astrodust wrote: post #9
quarterto wrote: post #2

I... don't hate it. What's wrong with me? It's bold, it's fresh, it does a pretty damn good job of shrugging off the Microsoft of the past 25 years.

You mean the one that utterly dominated the computer market and made money by the truckload when other companies could barely survive? Well, at least that's over now.

  > made money by the truckload when other companies
  > could barely survive
The other companies would probably have fared better of Microsoft wasn't dominating the market. This phrasing makes it sound like the market wasn't a zero-sum game.

Re: Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987

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Post by macspoofing »

astrodust wrote: post #9
quarterto wrote: post #2

I... don't hate it. What's wrong with me? It's bold, it's fresh, it does a pretty damn good job of shrugging off the Microsoft of the past 25 years.

You mean the one that utterly dominated the computer market and made money by the truckload when other companies could barely survive? Well, at least that's over now.

There's always someone making "truckloads" and someone barely surviving. Every industry, every era.

Re: Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987

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Post by drcube »

Interesting that as soon as they dump the old Windows logo, they just start using it as the company logo, minus the swoops.

That said, however, I like it. I'm a big fan of color, and, while not a big fan of Windows, I've always liked its logo. In fact, while I probably won't ever install or use it extensively, I've really been liking the bold, primary color design of Windows 8.

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