Microsoft Updates Company Logo

Rob Williams · 08-23-2012, 12:21 PM

Microsoft has had the same logo for the past 25 years, so with such an ambitious Windows 8 launch ahead of it, wouldn't it be a good idea to modernize it a little bit? Well, the company thought so, as it today rolled out a brand-new logo that looks nothing at all like the logo of old. Given Microsoft's logo updates in recent years for its other products, this new main logo shouldn't come as much of a surprise. It's clean, modern and crazy easy to create an SVG lossless of (if it wasn't already supplied) due to its simplicity.

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madmat · 08-23-2012, 12:38 PM

I think it looks too simple. It reflects perfectly the dumbing down of our culture.

The "Don't make me think" generation is making me ill.

Optix · 08-23-2012, 09:16 PM

$ Microsoft

*Fixed!

Rob Williams · 08-24-2012, 01:52 PM

A couple more ancient logos are revealed here:

http://techland.time.com/2012/08/23/...s-new-and-old/

I thought there was just three, but no. The earliest two were barely seen though. Of all of them I think the last one was my favorite, in terms of design. The chip out of the letter never made sense to me but I still prefer it over all the others (though the one from the 80s is appropriate for the era I'd say).

Optix · 08-24-2012, 07:43 PM

The second one looks like Micro-tallica!

Rob Williams · 08-24-2012, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Optix

The second one looks like Micro-tallica!

I was thinking the same thing, LOL.

madmat · 08-24-2012, 11:29 PM

They should go back to the second one.

MacMan · 08-25-2012, 08:38 PM

I like it!

Doomsday · 08-26-2012, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Optix

$ Microsoft

*Fixed!

Bahahaaa! nice!

08-23-2012, 12:21 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	Microsoft Updates Company Logo Microsoft has had the same logo for the past 25 years, so with such an ambitious Windows 8 launch ahead of it, wouldn't it be a good idea to modernize it a little bit? Well, the company thought so, as it today rolled out a brand-new logo that looks nothing at all like the logo of old. Given Microsoft's logo updates in recent years for its other products, this new main logo shouldn't come as much of a surprise. It's clean, modern and crazy easy to create an SVG lossless of (if it wasn't already supplied) due to its simplicity. Read the rest of our post and then discuss it here! __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

08-23-2012, 12:38 PM	#2
madmat Soup Nazi Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: No soup for you! Posts: 1,636	I think it looks too simple. It reflects perfectly the dumbing down of our culture. The "Don't make me think" generation is making me ill. __________________ M4N82 Deluxe Phenom II 940 Black Edition quad core @ 3.5Ghz 2x1 gig OCZ PC26400 Platinum, 2x1gig GSkill PC26400 EVGA GTX260 Buncha drives, Some other stuff, Even more stuff, If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. --Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine Sign Me!

08-24-2012, 01:52 PM	#4
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	A couple more ancient logos are revealed here: http://techland.time.com/2012/08/23/...s-new-and-old/ I thought there was just three, but no. The earliest two were barely seen though. Of all of them I think the last one was my favorite, in terms of design. The chip out of the letter never made sense to me but I still prefer it over all the others (though the one from the 80s is appropriate for the era I'd say). __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

08-24-2012, 11:29 PM	#7
madmat Soup Nazi Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: No soup for you! Posts: 1,636	They should go back to the second one. __________________ M4N82 Deluxe Phenom II 940 Black Edition quad core @ 3.5Ghz 2x1 gig OCZ PC26400 Platinum, 2x1gig GSkill PC26400 EVGA GTX260 Buncha drives, Some other stuff, Even more stuff, If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. --Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine Sign Me!

08-25-2012, 08:38 PM	#8
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